Argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture
The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right.
Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously.
| ISBN: | 9781479802074 |
| Publication date: | 3rd December 2019 |
| Author: | John Lyden |
| Publisher: | New York University Press an imprint of New York University |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Films, cinema Religion and beliefs |
Argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture
The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right.
Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously.
Film as Religion features in the following genres: Films, cinema, Religion and beliefs
Film as Religion is available in Hardback
Film as Religion was written by John Lyden and published by New York University Press an imprint of New York University
Film as Religion has 320 pages