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17.1 Helena Carter in Invaders from Mars 414

17.2 Estelle Parsons and James Earl Jones in The UFO Incident 415

17.3 Cary Guffey in Close Encounters of the Third Kind 417

17.4 Christopher Walken in Communion 418

18.1 The Klingon Monastery at Boreth, as shown in “Through the Valley of Shadows” (Star Trek: Discovery) 435

18.2 Sarek in tokmar meditation, from “Light and Shadows” (Star Trek: Discovery) 449

18.3 Sarek meditating on the beach, from “Such Sweet Sorrow” (Star Trek: Discovery) 450

18.4 Church with stained glass windows depicting the Red Angel and religious symbols, from “New Eden” (Star Trek: Discovery) 455

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18.1 Star Trek television series 436

18.2 Star Trek films 436

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Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television

Series:  Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 24
Cover Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television
E-Book ISBN:
9789004727595
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
16 Jan 2026
  • Subjects
    • Religious Studies
      • Religion and the Arts
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television: Media, Messages, and Methodology
Part 1 Drama, Romance, and Comedy
Introduction to Part 1
Chapter 1 Making My Toys, Breaking My Toys: Theorising and Theory Building between Two Projects
Chapter 2 “Hosti Gezeyn In Dayne Lebn?”: Representation of Judaism in Contemporary Television and Film
Chapter 3 An Ecumenical Matter: The Portrayal of Clergy on Contemporary British Television
Chapter 4 Pastors, Migrants and Mad Men: Religion in Contemporary Nordic Film and Television
Chapter 5 Cosmopolitan Complexities in Contemporary Inter-faith Malaysian Films
Chapter 6 Pentecostal Churches and the Making of Nigerian Transnational Films
Part 2 Historical and Political Portrayals
Introduction to Part 2
Chapter 7 From Gold Plates to Silver Screen: Capturing the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon on Film
Chapter 8 Audio-Visual Portrayals of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Chapter 9 Indigenous Re(presentation) in Film and Television
Chapter 10 Black Orpheus and the Portrayal of African-Derived Religions
Chapter 11 Indigenous Religion on Film: From Demonisation to Decolonisation in Sápmi
Chapter 12 Filming Confucius: A “New” Chinese Nation through “Old” Chinese Values
Chapter 13 A Holy Dullness: Tarkovsky, Suture, and the Numinous
Part 3 Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
Introduction to Part 3
Chapter 14 Esotericism and Occulture in the Cinema of the Weimar Republic
Chapter 15 “In the Halls of Valhalla, Where the Brave May Live Forever”: Depictions of Pre-Christian Religion in the Cinematic Adaptations of Beowulf
Chapter 16 Must Be the Season of the Witch: Witchcraft and Popular Feminism on the Screen
Chapter 17 Cosmic Kidnapping: Alien Abduction Narratives, Popular (Oc)culture and the Folkloresque
Chapter 18 Religion in Star Trek: From Killing God to the Klingon Gothic
Part 4 Documentary, Reality Television, and the Media
Introduction to Part 4
Chapter 19 The Supernatural Is Not Religion: Okaruto TV Programs in Japan
Chapter 20 Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: Shinto Household Kami and Protestant Consumerist Animism
Chapter 21 “A Theatrical Worship Experience”: The Hillsong Film, Evangelism Techniques, and Growth Theology
Chapter 22 Scientology on Film: Documentary, Reconstruction, Fiction
Chapter 23 Representing Authenticity: Exploring Outlier Groups through Documentary Filmmaking
Back Matter
Index

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