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Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television
Series: - Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 24
The Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television contains twenty-three chapters on a variety of religions and religious phenomena, focusing on how they are depicted in film and television. Methodological considerations and academic debates concerning the effectiveness of popular cultural media in communicating information about religions and spiritualities are examined, and the films and television series are situated in political, social, geographical, and historical contexts. The authors are committed to open, serious, and scholarly work that accurately reflects the affective, entertainment, and imaginative dimensions of visual pop culture forms, while providing accurate and up to date information about the religious groups and trends they research.
Carole M. Cusack, Ph.D. (1996), University of Sydney, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. She has published a variety of articles and books in religious studies, including Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010).
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson Ph.D. (2017), University of Sydeny, is an independent scholar with a PhD in Studies in Religion from the University of Sydney. She writes about the intersection of popular culture, new media, alternative spirituality, and gender theory.
Contributors are: Zoe Alderton, Cato Christensen, George D. Chryssides, Andrew Crome, Carole M. Cusack, Ethan Doyle White, David Feltmate, Ioannis Gaitanidis, Eric Michael Mazur, Elisha McIntyre, Elizabeth Olayiwola, Torjer A. Olsen, Erik A.W. Östling, Raymond Radford, Venetia Laura Delano Robertson, Bettina E. Schmidt, Mairead Shanahan, Francisco Santos Silva, Sofia Sjö, Stefania Travagnin, Ulrike Wiethaus, Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow, Humairah Zainal, and Benjamin E. Zeller.
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson Ph.D. (2017), University of Sydeny, is an independent scholar with a PhD in Studies in Religion from the University of Sydney. She writes about the intersection of popular culture, new media, alternative spirituality, and gender theory.
Contributors are: Zoe Alderton, Cato Christensen, George D. Chryssides, Andrew Crome, Carole M. Cusack, Ethan Doyle White, David Feltmate, Ioannis Gaitanidis, Eric Michael Mazur, Elisha McIntyre, Elizabeth Olayiwola, Torjer A. Olsen, Erik A.W. Östling, Raymond Radford, Venetia Laura Delano Robertson, Bettina E. Schmidt, Mairead Shanahan, Francisco Santos Silva, Sofia Sjö, Stefania Travagnin, Ulrike Wiethaus, Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow, Humairah Zainal, and Benjamin E. Zeller.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television: Media, Messages, and Methodology
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson and Carole M. Cusack
Part 1: Drama, Romance, and Comedy
Introduction to Part 1
1 Making My Toys, Breaking My Toys: Theorising and Theory Building between Two Projects
David Feltmate
2 “Hosti Gezeyn In Dayne Lebn?”: Representation of Judaism in Contemporary Television and Film
Eric Michael Mazur
3 An Ecumenical Matter: the Portrayal of Clergy on Contemporary British Television
Andrew Crome
4 Pastors, Migrants and Mad Men: Religion in Contemporary Nordic Film and Television
Sofia Sjö
5 Cosmopolitan Complexities in Contemporary Inter-faith Malaysian Films
Humairah Zainal
6 World Drama Mission: Re-missioning African Diasporas through Evangelical Films
Elizabeth Olayiwola
Part 2: Historical and Political Portrayals
Introduction to Part 2
7 From Gold Plates to Silver Screen: Capturing the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon on Film
Elisha McIntyre
8 Audio-Visual Portrayals of Jehovah’s Witnesses
George D. Chryssides
9 Indigenous Re(presentation) in Film and Television
Ulrike Wiethaus
10 Black Orpheus and the Portrayal of African-Derived Religions
Bettina E. Schmidt
11 Indigenous Religion on Film: from Demonisation to Decolonisation in Sápmi
Cato Christensen and Torjer A. Olsen
12 Filming Confucius: a “New” Chinese Nation through “Old” Chinese Values
Stefania Travagnin
13 A Holy Dullness: Tarkovsky, Suture, and the Numinous
Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow
Part 3: Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Introduction to Part 3
14 Esotericism and Occulture in the Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Francisco Santos Silva
15 “In the Halls of Valhalla, Where the Brave May Live Forever”: Depictions of Pre-Christian Religion in the Cinematic Adaptations of Beowulf
Ethan Doyle White
16 Must Be the Season of the Witch: Witchcraft and Popular Feminism on the Screen
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson
17 Cosmic Kidnapping: Alien Abduction Narratives, Popular (Oc)culture and the Folkloresque
Erik A.W. Östling
18 Religion in Star Trek: from Killing God to the Klingon Gothic
Benjamin E. Zeller
Part 4: Documentary, Reality Television, and the Media
Introduction to Part 4
19 The Supernatural Is Not Religion: Okaruto TV Programs in Japan
Ioannis Gaitanidis
20 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: Shinto Household Kami and Protestant Consumerist Animism
Zoe Alderton
21 “A Theatrical Worship Experience”: the Hillsong Film, Evangelism Techniques, and Growth Theology
Mairead Shanahan
22 Scientology on Film: Documentary, Reconstruction, Fiction
Carole M. Cusack
23 Representing Authenticity: Exploring Outlier Groups through Documentary Filmmaking
Raymond Radford
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television: Media, Messages, and Methodology
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson and Carole M. Cusack
Part 1: Drama, Romance, and Comedy
Introduction to Part 1
1 Making My Toys, Breaking My Toys: Theorising and Theory Building between Two Projects
David Feltmate
2 “Hosti Gezeyn In Dayne Lebn?”: Representation of Judaism in Contemporary Television and Film
Eric Michael Mazur
3 An Ecumenical Matter: the Portrayal of Clergy on Contemporary British Television
Andrew Crome
4 Pastors, Migrants and Mad Men: Religion in Contemporary Nordic Film and Television
Sofia Sjö
5 Cosmopolitan Complexities in Contemporary Inter-faith Malaysian Films
Humairah Zainal
6 World Drama Mission: Re-missioning African Diasporas through Evangelical Films
Elizabeth Olayiwola
Part 2: Historical and Political Portrayals
Introduction to Part 2
7 From Gold Plates to Silver Screen: Capturing the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon on Film
Elisha McIntyre
8 Audio-Visual Portrayals of Jehovah’s Witnesses
George D. Chryssides
9 Indigenous Re(presentation) in Film and Television
Ulrike Wiethaus
10 Black Orpheus and the Portrayal of African-Derived Religions
Bettina E. Schmidt
11 Indigenous Religion on Film: from Demonisation to Decolonisation in Sápmi
Cato Christensen and Torjer A. Olsen
12 Filming Confucius: a “New” Chinese Nation through “Old” Chinese Values
Stefania Travagnin
13 A Holy Dullness: Tarkovsky, Suture, and the Numinous
Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow
Part 3: Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Introduction to Part 3
14 Esotericism and Occulture in the Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Francisco Santos Silva
15 “In the Halls of Valhalla, Where the Brave May Live Forever”: Depictions of Pre-Christian Religion in the Cinematic Adaptations of Beowulf
Ethan Doyle White
16 Must Be the Season of the Witch: Witchcraft and Popular Feminism on the Screen
Venetia Laura Delano Robertson
17 Cosmic Kidnapping: Alien Abduction Narratives, Popular (Oc)culture and the Folkloresque
Erik A.W. Östling
18 Religion in Star Trek: from Killing God to the Klingon Gothic
Benjamin E. Zeller
Part 4: Documentary, Reality Television, and the Media
Introduction to Part 4
19 The Supernatural Is Not Religion: Okaruto TV Programs in Japan
Ioannis Gaitanidis
20 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: Shinto Household Kami and Protestant Consumerist Animism
Zoe Alderton
21 “A Theatrical Worship Experience”: the Hillsong Film, Evangelism Techniques, and Growth Theology
Mairead Shanahan
22 Scientology on Film: Documentary, Reconstruction, Fiction
Carole M. Cusack
23 Representing Authenticity: Exploring Outlier Groups through Documentary Filmmaking
Raymond Radford
Index
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