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Brill
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Subjects
Motion pictures, Religious aspects of Motion pictures, History and criticism, Religion in motion pictures, Religious aspects, Gods in motion pictures, Religious leaders in motion pictures, Religious films, Motion pictures, religious aspects

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Table of Contents

Jesus. A short history
Analysis
Historical background
Many images, one Jesus
Rama. The films
Historical background
The importance of seeing in Hinduism
The modern Ramayana Kathas
Buddha. The films
Historical background
Resistance to depicting Buddha in film
Thanks to the Hindus and the westerners
Muhammad. The film itself
The film's relationship to the Muslim tradition
Jesus restyled. The Indian Jesus films
The South African Jesus film
The Jesus film of the African-American Christians
Siding with powerless and victims of discrimination
Some conclusions. Between tradition and creativity : the importance of the audience
Film, narration modes and subjectivity
The positions of the actors playing the sacred figures
The sacred environment
Outside the cultural context of the religions
Between the void, images and films : again a key position for the audience.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
Studies in religion and the arts -- v. 1

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Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/651
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.R4 B35 2009, PN1995.9.R4B35 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL23631406M
Internet Archive
challengesilvers00bakk_304
ISBN 13
9789004168619
LCCN
2009027280
OCLC/WorldCat
401164547

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