Argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture
The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a “religious” worldview in their own right.
Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously.
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John C. Lyden is the Liberal Arts Core Director and Professor of Liberal Arts at Grand View University. Previouslyhe was Professor and Chair of the Religion Departmentat Dana College. He is the also the editor of the Journal of Religion & Film as wellas the Routledge Companion to Religionand Film, among other books.John C. Lyden is the Liberal Arts Core Director and Professor of Liberal Arts at Grand View University. Previously he was Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Dana College. He is the also the editor of the Journal of Religion & Film as well as the Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, among other books.
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