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Screen Jesus : portrayals of Christ in television and film
- Title
- Screen Jesus : portrayals of Christ in television and film / Peter Malone.
- Author
- Malone, Peter.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 317 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Screen Jesus takes a close look at both mainstream and lesser-known films in which Jesus is depicted. In addition to providing a historical overview of the Jesus films, this book also reveals the changes in piety and the theological understandings of the humanity and divinity of Jesus over the decades. --from publisher description
- Subject
- Jesus Christ > In motion pictures
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Maggie Roux -- Introducing the theme -- The Jesus figure -- Biblical portraits of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the early 20th century -- The Jesus films: the 1920s and Cecil B. De Mille -- The Jesus films: the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s: Jesus' absence from the mainstream and evangelical Jesus-figures -- The Jesus films: the 1950s and 1960s: mainstream images -- The Jesus films: the 1960s -- The Jesus films: the 1970s -- The Jesus films: the 1980s -- The Jesus films: cinema freedom and images of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the 1990s -- The Jesus films: the 21st century -- The Jesus films: Jesus in our world today -- The Jesus films: verbal Jesus-figures -- Interest in Jesus and film beyond Christianity -- The reverent/serious -- The bizarre -- After The passion of the Christ.
- Call Number
- MFL 13-41
- ISBN
- 9780810883895 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0810883899 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012014380
- OCLC
- 785808932
- Author
- Malone, Peter.
- Title
- Screen Jesus : portrayals of Christ in television and film / Peter Malone.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-41