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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Fingernails, Khalidah Ali
Fingernails, Khalidah Ali
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Fingernails (2023), directed by Christos Nikou.
Mast-Del, Sherry Coman
Mast-Del, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Mast-Del (2023), directed by Maryam Tafakory.
Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman
Chuck Chuck Baby, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Chuck Chuck Baby (2023), directed by Janis Pugh.
Days Of Happiness, Sherry Coman
Days Of Happiness, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Days of Happiness (2023), directed by Chloe Robichaurd.
Dear Jassi, Sherry Coman
Dear Jassi, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Dear Jassi (2023), directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar.
The New Boy, Sherry Coman
The New Boy, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The New Boy (2023), directed by Warwick Thornton.
I Do Not Come To You By Chance, Katie Maguire
I Do Not Come To You By Chance, Katie Maguire
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of I Do Not Come to You by Chance (2023), directed by Ishaya Bako.
Androgagy, Katie Maguire
Androgagy, Katie Maguire
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Androgagy (2023) directed by Wregas Bhanuteja.
Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry
Hey, Viktor!, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film view of Hey, Viktor! (2023) directed by Cody Lightning.
Limbo, Ken Derry
Limbo, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Limbo (2023), directed by Ivan Sen.
The Convert, J. Barton Scott
The Convert, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Convert (2023), directed by Lee Tamahori.
Kill, J. Barton Scott
Kill, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Kill (2023) directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt.
Lost Ladies, J. Barton Scott
Lost Ladies, J. Barton Scott
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Lost Ladies (2023), directed by Kiran Rao.
Lee, Sherry Coman
Lee, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Lee (2023) directed by Ellen Kuras.
Irena's Vow, Sherry Coman
Irena's Vow, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Irena's Vow (2023), directed by Louise Archambault.
Muslim Heroes On Screen, Ahmad Nuril Huda
Muslim Heroes On Screen, Ahmad Nuril Huda
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Daniel O'Brien, Muslim Heroes on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
Representing Religion In Film, Joseph P. Laycock
Representing Religion In Film, Joseph P. Laycock
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Tenzan Eaghll and Rebekka King, eds., Representing Religion in Film (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
The T&T Clark Handbook Of Jesus And Film, Joel Mayward
The T&T Clark Handbook Of Jesus And Film, Joel Mayward
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Richard Walsh, ed. The T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film (London: T&T Clark, 2021).
Secularism And Silent Films, Elijah Siegler
Secularism And Silent Films, Elijah Siegler
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a review of two books: Phillip Maciak, The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era (Columbia University Press, 2019), and Terry Lindvall, Souls for Sale: Rupert Hughes and the Novel Hollywood Religion (Cascade Books, 2021)
From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr
From Patriarchal Stereotypes To Matriarchal Pleasures Of Hybridity: Representation Of A Muslim Family In Berlin, Rahime Özgün Kehya Dr
Journal of Religion & Film
Sinan Çetin’s blockbuster Berlin in Berlin (1993) is a Turkish-German co-production. In contrast to certain representational tendencies with German orientalism or Turkish occidentalism, it deconstructs the intersectional structures of migration, religion, and gender. The portrayal of religion in films about Turkish-German labour migration is a kind of cultural narcissism often projected into national cinema by denigrating the faith of the other and glorifying one’s own religion. However, perspectives at such intersections are critical and require sensitivity in filmmaking, as films can create prejudice or help build peaceful relationships around these sensitive issues. The paper employs discourse analysis in linking Derrida’s …
Herrens Veje: A Catalyst To Reflect Upon Military Chaplaincy And Ecclesial Issues In A Nordic Context, Jan Grimell, Mariecke Van Den Berg
Herrens Veje: A Catalyst To Reflect Upon Military Chaplaincy And Ecclesial Issues In A Nordic Context, Jan Grimell, Mariecke Van Den Berg
Journal of Religion & Film
This article is based on an analysis of the first season of the Danish series Herrens Veje (The Way of the Lord; Price 2017). The series portrays the young, idealistic pastor and military chaplain August, who is deployed to a conflict zone with a military unit. He accompanies the unit on a patrol to win the trust of the soldiers. During the patrol, they engage in combat and August kills an innocent civilian woman. Upon return, the transition from military to civilian life proves to be increasingly challenging and troublesome. As the series proceeds, August’s mental health deteriorates and his …
Reframing Space: Religion, History, And Memory In The Early Documentary Film Of The Yugoslav Space, Milja Radovic
Reframing Space: Religion, History, And Memory In The Early Documentary Film Of The Yugoslav Space, Milja Radovic
Journal of Religion & Film
This paper examines cinematic representations of religion and religious communities in the early cinema of the Yugoslav space. This paper introduces the readers to the rich heritage of the cinema of the Yugoslav space by providing 1) the first study of the representations of religion and the concepts of faith in the early film, and 2) novel approaches in reading religion and history through film. Film is used as a primary rather than supplementary source in historical research on diverse religious and ethnic communities in this part of the Balkan Peninsula. This is the first study that investigates the importance, …
Viewing Terrence Malick’S A Hidden Life As Political Theology: Toward Theocinematics, Joel Mayward
Viewing Terrence Malick’S A Hidden Life As Political Theology: Toward Theocinematics, Joel Mayward
Journal of Religion & Film
In this article, I bring Terrence Malick’s 2019 film, A Hidden Life, into conversation with two of philosopher Paul Ricoeur’s concepts: (1) the “social imaginary” as the interplay of ideals, images, ideologies and utopias, and (2) Ricoeur’s description of the genre of “parable” as a narrative-metaphor which provokes a “re-orientation by disorientation” within an audience’s imagination. Drawing from Ricoeur’s thought, I apply a theological film criticism I call “theocinematics” to A Hidden Life in order to call attention to the ways in which the cinematic form itself engenders sociopolitical and theological thought. Through emphasizing film aesthetics in my analysis, …
Peele’S Black, Extraterrestrial, Naturalistic Critique Of Religion, Jonathan D. Lyonhart
Peele’S Black, Extraterrestrial, Naturalistic Critique Of Religion, Jonathan D. Lyonhart
Journal of Religion & Film
While Jordan Peele’s films have always held their mysteries close to the chest, they eventually granted their viewers some climactic clarity. Get Out (2017) used an 1980s style orientation video to clear up its neuroscientific twist, while Us (2019) had Lupita Nyongo’s underworld twin narratively spell out the details of the plot. Yet Nope (2022) refuses to show its hand even after the game is over, never illuminating the connection between its opening scene and the broader film, nor a myriad of other questions. As such, critics complained that it stitched together two seemingly incongruent plots without explanation; one where …
Tár, Sherry Coman
Tár, Sherry Coman
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Tár (2022), directed by Todd Field.
Rape Jokes, Sexual Violence, And Empire In Revelation And This Is The End, Meredith J.C. Warren
Rape Jokes, Sexual Violence, And Empire In Revelation And This Is The End, Meredith J.C. Warren
Journal of Religion & Film
The Book of Revelation is one of the most borrowed-from texts of the New Testament when it comes to popular culture. Although there are dozens of other ancient apocalyptic writings, it is John’s apocalyptic visions that directly inform contemporary ideas of apocalypse. The apocalyptic comedy This Is The End (Dir. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, 2013) not only invokes imagery from Revelation but also adapts portions of the text in its portrayal of the end times. However, it also reproduces and expands upon the use of sexual violence as a means of punishment found in Revelation. This paper will examine …
“Knowledge Belongs To All, But You Don’T Understand That Because You’Re Nothing But A White”: The Mystical Philosophy Of Embrace Of The Serpent, Rebecca Makas
Journal of Religion & Film
This article explores the implicit theory of mysticism in Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent (Sp. El abrazo de la serpiente). While many theories of mysticism argue that true mystical experience is unmediated and, therefore, universal, Guerra makes a more provocative statement in the film. He depicts two Westerners’ attempts to have an entheogenic mystical experience in journeys on the Amazon, guided by an indigenous shaman named Karamakate. While the first experience is unsuccessful, the second produces an astonishing mystical vision. The film’s apex transcends culture and suggests the power of the mystical to heal the trauma …
Baraka: A World Without Words: A Guided Meditation, Wanda E. Avila
Baraka: A World Without Words: A Guided Meditation, Wanda E. Avila
Journal of Religion & Film
Baraka: A World Beyond Words (1992) is a guided meditation that aims to induce the transcendent experience in the viewer. Through the eyes of a Zen Buddhist monk, the viewer is invited to meditate on the various phenomena that testify to the existence of the transcendent (the first eight chapters), to experience the everyday world where the transcendent is painfully absent (the next eleven chapters), and to finally arrive at stasis (the last two chapters). This paper is a description of and commentary on each of the 21 chapters of the film.
Justice For All: Moira, Tyche And Nemesis In The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jason Osborne
Justice For All: Moira, Tyche And Nemesis In The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jason Osborne
Journal of Religion & Film
This article explores the ways in which the ancient concepts of moira, tyche, and nemesis permeate the films and series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Art Cinema And India’S Forgotten Futures: Film And History In The Postcolony, Vijay Mishra
Art Cinema And India’S Forgotten Futures: Film And History In The Postcolony, Vijay Mishra
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a book review of Rochona Majumdar, Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the Postcolony (Columbia University Press, 2021).