Screen Christologies: Redemption and the Medium of Film - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 070831712X ISBN 13: 9780708317129

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2002

Synopsis

Screen Christologies takes a new and radical look at the mass media as a source of religious study. It looks at the ways in which the Christian concept of redemption has been represented in films from It's a Wonderful Life to Taxi Driver. Concentrating on film noir and the work of Martin Scorsese, the book argues that the themes of alienation and redemption through violence, destruction, and sin characteristic of the noir genre demonstrate that cinema confronts issues and themes that are distinctly religious. This is a book for scholars, students, and all those interested in film and theology and their place in the broader contexts of Christianity and contemporary culture.

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About the Author

Christopher Deacy is Leverhulme Research Fellow in the department of theology and religious studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He is also the author of The Coming Deliverer.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 070831712X
• ISBN 13: 9780708317129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Deacy Christopher