Film and Religion Reader

The Film and Religion Reader brings together the key writings in this exciting and dynamic discipline. In over 60 interviews, essays and reviews from numerous directors, film critics and scholars, this eagerly anticipated anthology offers the most complete survey of this emerging field to date. The Film and Religion Reader is ideal for students and researchers, introduced and organized into the following thematic and chronological sections, each with an introduction by the editors: The Dawn of Cinema: Adherents and Detractors The Birth of Film Theory: Realism, Formalism, and Religious Vision Directors and Critics: Global Perspectives African and Middle-Eastern Perspectives Asian and Australisian Perspectives European Perspectives South and North American Perspectives Theological and Biblical approaches to analysing film Recent reflections on the relation between religion and filmMitchell, Jolyon is the author of 'Film and Religion Reader ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415404952 and ISBN 0415404959.