Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Film and theater: Books

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  • Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars. Thomas R. Lindlof. University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
  • Cinema and Sentiment: Film’s Challenge to Theology. Clive Marsh. Paternoster, 2004.
  • Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology And The Bible In Film. Eric S. Christianson, Peter Francis and William R. Telford (eds.). SCM Press, 2005.
  • Religion, Ritual, Theatre (revised lectures and reworked papers from conference April 27-29, 2006 at the University of Copenhagen). Bent Holm (ed.). Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Bern; Wien [u.a.]: Lang, 2009. – 266 S.: Ill., graph. Darst.
  • Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue. Robert K. Johnston. Baker Academic, 2007.
  • Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies. Roy M. Anker. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005.
  • Drama and Religion in English Provincial Society: 1485-1660 by Paul Whitfield White. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a Media Age. Christopher Deacy and Elisabeth Arweck (ed.). Ashgate, 2009.
  • Theatre and Religion on Krishna’s Stage: Performing in Vrindavan. David W. Mason. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
  • Film as Religion: Myths, Morals, and Rituals. John C. Lyden. NYU Press, 2003.
  • Religion and film: An Introduction. Melanie Jane Wright. L.B. Tauris, 2007.
  • A Jesuit Off-Broadway by James Martin SJ. Loyola Press, 2007.
  • Chinese Shadow Theatre: History, Popular Religion and Women Warriors. Fan Pen Li Chen. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007.

Film and theater: Case studies

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  • Cinema and Sentiment: Film’s Challenge to Theology. Clive Marsh. Paternoster, 2004.
  • Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology And The Bible In Film. Eric S. Christianson, Peter Francis and William R. Telford (eds.). SCM Press, 2005.
  • Religion, Ritual, Theatre (revised lectures and reworked papers from conference April 27-29, 2006 at the University of Copenhagen). Bent Holm (ed.). Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Bern; Wien [u.a.]: Lang, 2009. – 266 S.: Ill., graph. Darst.
  • Religion and ritual in rural India: a case study in Kumaon. Tribhuwan Kapur. Abhinav Publications, 1988.
  • Ng, Teng-Kuan. “‘Now My Eyes Have Seen You’: A Comparative Study of Secret Sunshine and the Book of Job.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. Vol. 23, No. 2 (July 2011): 166-81.