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• Essays (31 books)(0 book)
The Sacred Force of Star Wars Jedi (2024)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Southern by the Grace of God (2024)
Religion, Race, and Civil Rights in Hollywood's American South
by Megan Hunt
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Subject: Sociology
Marveling Religion (2024)
Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Dir. Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge
Publisher: Lexington Books
Theology and Wes Craven (2023)
Dir. David K. Goodin
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: Director > Wes Craven
Faith and the Zombie (2023)
Critical Essays on the End of the World and Beyond
Dir. Simon Bacon
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Seeing Is Believing (2022)
The Revelation of God Through Film
Publisher: IVP Academic
Subject: Sociology
Cinema Illuminating Reality (2022)
Media Philosophy Through Buddhism
by Victor Fan
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Subject: Theory
Reimagining the Promised Land (2022)
Israel and America in Post-war Hollywood Cinema
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Spiritual Sensations (2022)
Cinematic Religious Experience and Evolving Conceptions of the Sacred
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Sociology
Christ, Culture, and Cinema (2022)
How Faith and Films Intersect
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
Subject: General
Wonder, Horror, Mystery (2021)
Letters on Cinema and Religion in Malick, Von Trier, and Kieślowski
by Morgan Meis and J. M. Tyree
Publisher: Punctum Books
Subject: Sociology
Christmas on the Screen (2021)
Reviewing the Evolution of American Spirituality
Publisher: Pilgrim Press
Subject: Sociology
Muslims in the Movies (2021)
A Global Anthology
Dir. Kristian Petersen
Publisher: Ilex Foundation
Subject: Sociology
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2020)
Wonder and Religion in American Cinema
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Subject: Sociology
Cinematic Faith (2019)
A Christian Perspective on Movies and Meaning
Publisher: Baker Academic
Subject: Sociology
Deep Focus (2019)
Film and Theology in Dialogue
by Robert K. Johnston, Craig Detweiler and Kutter Callaway
Publisher: Baker Academic
Subject: Sociology
Fellini's Eternal Rome (2018)
Paganism and Christianity in the Films of Federico Fellini
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Director > Federico Fellini
Theology and the Films of Terrence Malick (2018)
Dir. Christopher B. Barnett and Clark J. Elliston
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Director > Terrence Malick
Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee (2018)
by Paul Leggett
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Actor > Christopher Lee
Gender and Patriarchy in the Films of Muslim Nations (2018)
A Filmographic Study of 21st Century Features from Eight Countries
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Analyzing Christmas in Film (2017)
Santa to the Supernatural
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Medieval Saints and Modern Screens (2017)
Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Subject: Sociology
Religion and Film (2017)
Cinema and the Re-creation of the World
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Sociology
Divine Film Comedies (2016)
by Terry Lindvall, J. Dennis Bounds and Chris Lindvall
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Genre > Comedy/Humor
A Christian Response to Horror Cinema (2015)
Ten Films in Theological Perspective
by Peter Fraser
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Religion without Belief (2008)
Contemporary Allegory and the Search for Postmodern Faith
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Sociology
Imag(in)ing Otherness (1999)
Filmic Visions of Living Together
Dir. S. Brent Plate and David Jasper
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Sociology
• Film Reviews (4 books)(0 book)
Popcorn with the Pope (2023)
A Guide to the Vatican Film List
by David Paul Baird, Michael Ward and Andrew Petiprin
Publisher: Word on Fire
Subject: On Films > Film selections
T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film (2022)
Dir. Richard Walsh
Publisher: T&T Clark
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination (2021)
Introducing Jesus Movies, Christ Films, and the Messiah in Motion
by Richard Walsh and Jeffrey L. Staley
Publisher: T&T Clark
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Bible and Cinema (2012)
Fifty Key Films
Dir. Adele Reinhartz
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: On Films > Film selections
• Studies (109 books)(0 book)
The Wages of Cinema (2025)
A Christian Aesthetic of Film in Conversation with Dorothy L. Sayers
Publisher: IVP Academic
Subject: Sociology
Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things (2025)
Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope
Dir. Andrew J. Byers and Adam J. Powell
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > Stranger Things (TV Series)
Theology, Religion, and The Office (2025)
Beauty in Ordinary Things
Dir. Daniel J. Cameron
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > The Office (TV Series)
Theology, Religion and The Witcher (2025)
Gods and Golden Dragons
Dir. Yael Thomas Cameron and Jonathan Hoskin
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > The Witcher (TV Series)
The Vatican Versus Horror Movies (2025)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
T&T Clark Companion to the Bible and Film (2024)
Dir. Richard Walsh
Publisher: T&T Clark
Subject: Sociology
Movies and the Church of Baseball (2024)
Religion in the Cinema of the National Pastime
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Sociology
Exploring Film and Christianity (2024)
Movement as Immobility
Dir. Rita Benis and Sérgio Dias Branco
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Theology and Survival Movies (2024)
An Orthodox Christian Perspective
by Ioan Buteanu
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Nuns in Popular Culture (2024)
Critical Essays
Dir. Marcus K. Harmes and Meredith A. Harmes
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Sociology
Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity (2024)
Production, Representation, and Reception
Publisher: Oxford University Press
The Film of the Islamic State (2024)
The Cinefication of Jihadi Video
by Yorck Beese
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Countries > Middle East
Theology and Game of Thrones (2024)
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Ways of Remembering (2024)
Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Protestants on Screen (2024)
Religion, Politics and Aesthetics in European and American Movies
Dir. Gastón Espinosa, Erik Redling and Jason Stevens
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Sociology
Film and Redemption (2024)
From Brokenness to Wholeness
by David Rankin
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Film and Faith (2023)
Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe
by Micah Watson and Carson Holloway
Publisher: Lexington Books
Subject: Sociology
The Exorcist Effect (2023)
Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief
by Joseph P. Laycock and Eric Harrelson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Movies on a Mission (2023)
American Protestants and the Foreign Missionary Film, 1906–1956
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Documentary
Hidden Light (2023)
Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema
by Dan Chyutin
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Representing the Crusades (2023)
From Medieval Imagination to Contemporary Popular Culture
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Historical films
A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema (2023)
Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Lars von Trier's Cinema (2023)
Excess, Evil, and the Prophetic Voice
by Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Director > Lars von Trier
Theology and Star Trek (2023)
Dir. Shaun C. Brown and Amanda MacInnis Hackney
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > Star Trek (TV Series)
The Look of Catholics (2023)
Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Subject: Sociology
So Say We All (2022)
Religion, Spirituality, and the Divine in Battlestar Galactica
Publisher: Cascade Books
Subject: One Film > Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)
Theology and Breaking Bad (2022)
Dir. David K. Goodin and George Tsakiridis
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > Breaking Bad (TV Series)
Bombay Cinema's Islamicate Histories (2022)
by Ira Bhaskar and Richard Allen
Publisher: Intellect Books
Theology and Black Mirror (2022)
Dir. Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Subject: One Film > Black Mirror (TV Series)
Faith Horror (2022)
Cinematic Visions of Satanism, Paganism and Witchcraft, 1966–1978
by LMK Sheppard
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Religion and Myth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2021)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Reading the Muslim on Celluloid (2020)
Publisher: Primus Books
Iranian Cosmopolitanism (2020)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Believing in Film (2020)
Christianity and Classic European Cinema
by Mark Le Fanu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Sociology
The Bible Onscreen in the New Millennium (2020)
New Heart and New Spirit
Dir. Wickham Clayton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Subject: On Films > Film selections
Noah as Antihero (2019)
Darren Aronofsky's Cinematic Deluge
Dir. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch and Jon Morgan
Publisher: Routledge
Film, Religion and Activist Citizens (2019)
An ontology of transformative acts
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Hermeneutic Humility and the Political Theology of Cinema (2019)
Blind Paul
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Theory
The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema (1897-1927) (2019)
Dir. David Shepherd
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Silent Cinema
Screening Religions in Italy (2019)
Contemporary Italian Cinema and Television in the Post-Secular Public Sphere
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Religion in Contemporary Thought and Cinema (2019)
Paragraph, Volume 42, Issue 3
Dir. Libby Saxton and Anat Pick
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Sociology
Scorsese and Religion (2019)
Dir. Christopher B. Barnett and Clark J. Elliston
Publisher: Brill
Subject: Director > Martin Scorsese
The Disappearing Christ (2019)
Secularism in the Silent Era
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
God on the Big Screen (2019)
A History of Hollywood Prayer from the Silent Era to Today
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: History of Cinema
Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature and Film (2019)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Subject: Sociology
Screening Divinity (2019)
by Lisa Maurice
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Deities and Devotees (2019)
Cinema, Religion, and Politics in South India
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Immanent Frames (2019)
Postsecular Cinema between Malick and von Trier
Dir. John Caruana and Mark Cauchi
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Sociology
The Muslim World in Post–9/11 American Cinema (2018)
A Critical Study, 2001–2011
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Countries > United States
Transnational Cinema and Ideology (2018)
Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Moralizing Cinema (2018)
Film, Catholicism, and Power
Dir. Daniel Biltereyst and Daniela Treveri Gennari
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema (2018)
The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre
Publisher: Routledge
The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film (2017)
Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness
Dir. Diana Dimitrova
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Countries > South Asia
Divine Horror (2017)
Essays on the Cinematic Battle Between the Sacred and the Diabolical
Dir. Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Confessional Cinema (2017)
Religion, Film, and Modernity in Spain's Development Years, 1960-1975
by Jorge Pérez
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Religion in Contemporary European Cinema (2017)
The Postsecular Constellation
Dir. Costica Bradatan and Camil Ungureanu
Publisher: Routledge
Realizing the Witch (2015)
Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible
by Richard Baxstrom and Todd Meyers
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pasolini (2015)
The Sacred Flesh
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Subject: Director > Pier Paolo Pasolini
World Cinema, Theology, and the Human (2015)
Humanity in Deep Focus
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: General
The Holy Grail on Film (2015)
Essays on the Cinematic Quest
Dir. Kevin J. Harty
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: On Films > Objects in Films
Buddhism and American Cinema (2015)
Dir. John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Subject: Countries > United States
Religion and Spanish Film (2014)
Luis Buñuel, The Franco Era, and Contemporary Directors
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Miyazaki's Animism Abroad (2014)
The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Hayao Miyazaki
Arab, Muslim, Woman (2014)
Voice and Vision in Postcolonial Literature and Film
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Wicked Cinema (2014)
Sex and Religion on Screen
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Subject: Sociology
Buddhism Goes to the Movies (2013)
Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice
by Ronald Green
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
The Bible on Silent Film (2013)
Spectacle, Story and Scripture in the Early Cinema
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Silent Cinema
Veiled Desires (2013)
Intimate Portrayals of Nuns in Postwar Anglo-American Film
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Subject: On Films > Characters
The Bloomsbury Companion to Religion and Film (2013)
Dir. William L. Blizek
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Subject: Sociology
Drawing on Tradition (2012)
Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Reforming Hollywood (2012)
How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Sociology
Cinema as Pulpit (2012)
Sherwood Pictures and the Church Film Movement
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Sociology
Iranian Cinema and Globalization (2012)
National, Transnational, and Islamic Dimensions
Publisher: Intellect Books
The Celluloid Madonna (2011)
From Scripture to Screen
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Subject: On Films > Characters
Celluloid Sermons (2011)
The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986
by Terry Lindvall and Andrew Quicke
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: History of Cinema
Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film (2011)
Essays on Belief, Spectacle, Ritual and Imagery
Dir. Regina Hansen
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Sanctuary Cinema (2011)
Origins of the Christian Film Industry
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: History of Cinema
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film (2010)
Dir. John C. Lyden
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
The Resurrection of the Body (2009)
Pier Paolo Pasolini from Saint Paul to Sade
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Director > Pier Paolo Pasolini
Hollywood in the Holy Land (2009)
Essays on Film Depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim Clashes
Dir. Nickolas Haydock and E.L. Risden
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Genre > Historical films
Miracles and Sacrilege (2008)
Roberto Rossellini, the Church, and Film Censorship in Hollywood
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Subject: One Film > Love (Rossellini)
The Religion and Film Reader (2007)
Dir. Jolyon Mitchell and S. Brent Plate
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Hollywood Be Thy Name (2007)
African American Religion in American Film, 1929–1949
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Sociology
Theology Goes to the Movies (2007)
An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking
by Clive Marsh
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Sociology
Iranian Cinema and the Islamic Revolution (2006)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
On The Passion of the Christ (2006)
Exploring the Issues Raised by the Controversial Movie
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: One Film > The Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson's Bible (2005)
Religion, Popular Culture, and "The Passion of the Christ"
Dir. Timothy K. Beal and Tod Linafelt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: One Film > The Passion of the Christ
Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895–2003 (2005)
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Sociology
Moses in America (2002)
The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subject: Sociology
Terence Fisher (2002)
Horror, Myth and Religion
by Paul Leggett
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Subject: Director > Terence Fisher
Reel Rituals (1999)
Ritual Occasions from Baptisms to Funerals in Hollywood Films, 1945-1995
by Parley Ann Boswell and Paul Loukides
Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press
Subject: Sociology
Sin and Censorship (1996)
The Catholic Church and the Motion Picture Industry
by Frank Walsh
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: History of Cinema
Hollywood censored (1994)
morality codes, Catholics, and the movies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Sociology
• Stories (3 books)(0 book)
Souls for Sale (2021)
Rupert Hughes and the Novel Hollywood Religion
Publisher: Cascade Books
Subject: Sociology
Hollywood Under Siege (2008)
Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Subject: One Film > The Last Temptation of Christ
The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940-1975 (1998)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Sociology
• Didactic (4 books)(0 book)
The Message Behind the Movie - Reboot (2022)
Engaging Film without Disengaging Faith
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Subject: Film Analysis
Film As Religion (2019)
Myths, Morals, and Rituals
Publisher: New York University (NYU) Press
Subject: On Films > Film selections
How to Film Truth (2018)
The Story of Documentary Film as a Spiritual Journey
by Justin Wells
Publisher: Cascade Books
Subject: Genre > Documentary
• Filmmakers' writings (1 book)(0 book)
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