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- catalog abstract "Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003. Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it. Lyden contends that approaches which interpret films only ideologically or theologically miss the mark in understanding their appeal to viewers. He develops an alternative method which shows how films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right. Lyden surveys the state of the study of religion and film, offering an overv.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12858124.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003. Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it. Lyden contends that approaches which interpret films only ideologically or theologically miss the mark in understanding their appeal to viewers. He develops an alternative method which shows how films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right. Lyden surveys the state of the study of religion and film, offering an overv.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Part I, A method for viewing film as religion ; Existing approaches to religion and film ; The definition of religion ; Myths about myth ; Rituals and morals ; The religion-film dialogue as interreligious dialogue -- Part II, Genre and film analyses ; Westerns and action movies ; Gangster films ; Melodrama, tearjerkers, and "women's films" ; Romantic comedies ; Children's films and fantasy ; Science fiction ; Thrillers and horror movies.".
- catalog extent "viii, 289 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Film as religion.".
- catalog identifier "0814751806 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0814751814 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9781417568598 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Film as religion.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog relation "Film as religion.".
- catalog subject "291.1/75 21".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.5 .L89 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I, A method for viewing film as religion ; Existing approaches to religion and film ; The definition of religion ; Myths about myth ; Rituals and morals ; The religion-film dialogue as interreligious dialogue -- Part II, Genre and film analyses ; Westerns and action movies ; Gangster films ; Melodrama, tearjerkers, and "women's films" ; Romantic comedies ; Children's films and fantasy ; Science fiction ; Thrillers and horror movies.".
- catalog title "Film as religion : myths, morals, and rituals / John C. Lyden.".
- catalog type "text".