Film as cultural artifact: religious criticism of world cinema

Film is popularly described as a mirror of culture. It plays a pivotal role in facilitating intercultural dialogue in our global village. World cinema helps us understand and appreciate each other's cultural identity, and promotes harmony across different cultures in our pluralistic society. It...

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主要作者: John, M. P. 1922- (Author)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:German
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出版: Minneapolis Fortress Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 印度 / 電影 / 宗教 / 文化學 / 方法 / 神學家
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CD Christianity and Culture
Further subjects:B Religion in motion pictures
B Motion Pictures India
B Motion Pictures Religious aspects
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總結:Film is popularly described as a mirror of culture. It plays a pivotal role in facilitating intercultural dialogue in our global village. World cinema helps us understand and appreciate each other's cultural identity, and promotes harmony across different cultures in our pluralistic society. It introduces us to the life of "the other" in an entertaining yet engaging fashion, creating cultural bridges that foster a sense of unity in the midst of our diversity.This book argues that "cultural anthropology" and "theology" offer two distinct, yet intrinsically connected theoretical frameworks to formulate a more "holistic" reading of religion from world cinema. It proposes an integrated methodology for religious criticism of film in which we look at religion as a subsystem of culture and observe how religious experiences depicted on the screen are mediated through the personal bias of the auteur and the context in which the film is produced. It thus creates a renewed appreciation for the religious diversity in our world by providing a new way of observing and interpreting ethnographic information from world cinema
ISBN:1506421695