TY - BOOK AU - Lyden,John TI - The Routledge companion to religion and film T2 - Routledge companions SN - 9780415448536 AV - PN 1995.5 .R68 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Motion pictures KW - Religious aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Religious films KW - Religion in motion pictures N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; John Lyden --; History of the interaction between religion and film; focus on Western Christianity --; Silent cinema and religion; an overview (1895-1930); Terry Lindvall --; The era of censorship (1930-1967); Andrew Quicke --; The Roman Catholic Church and cinema (1967 to the present); Peter Malone --; Modern Protestant approaches to film (1960 to the present); Bryan Stone --; Depictions of and by religious practitioners in films --; Judaism; Melanie Wright --; Christianity; Craig Detweiler --; Islam; Amir Hussain --; Hinduism; Rachel Dwyer --; Buddhism; Francisca Cho --; Postcolonial religious syncretism; focus on the Philippines, Peru, and Mexico; Antonio D. Sison --; Religion in Japanese film; focus on anime; Jolyon Baraka Thomas --; New religious movements; Paul Thomas --; Academic approaches to the study of religion and film --; Feminism; Gaye Williams Ortiz --; Audience reception; Clive Marsh --; Cultural theory and cultural studies; Gordon Lynch --; Psychoanalysis; Kent L. Brintnall --; Theological approaches; Robert K. Johnston --; Categories applicable to religion and film studies --; Narrative; Roy M. Anker --; Redemption; Christopher Deacy --; Apocalyptic; Conrad Ostwalt --; Heroes and superheroes; Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence --; Horror and the demonic; Douglas E. Cowan --; Jesus and Christ-figures; Adele Reinhartz --; Iconography; Diane Apostolos-Cappadona --; Sacrifice; Jon Pahl --; Ethics; Jolyon Mitchell N2 - Going beyond overtly religious or religion-themed movies, this companion introduces analysis of religious influences to be found in a broad range of mainstream productions & deploys a range of methodologies, including psychoanalytical, theological, & feminist approaches & audience reception ER -