A Style-Sensitive Approach to Religion and Film

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" A Style-Sensitive Approach to Religion and Film "
Richard Last

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079114
Doc. No	:	LA122743
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341239‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Richard Last
Title & Author	:	A Style-Sensitive Approach to Religion and Film [Article]\ Richard Last
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	59/5-6
Page No	:	545–563
Abstract	:	Religion and film courses have become popular additions to undergraduate course calendars. However, this relatively new discipline still lacks methodological sophistication. The present study proposes that instructors and critics should begin to afford attention to the ways in which films articulate meaning through their audio-visual, stylistic dimensions. Film style is an important element of filmmaking that has largely been ignored by scholars of religion. By affording attention to the aspects of film that distinguish it from other artistic media, critics and instructors will be able to better illuminate the manner in which religious material is expressed through the film medium. Religion and film courses have become popular additions to undergraduate course calendars. However, this relatively new discipline still lacks methodological sophistication. The present study proposes that instructors and critics should begin to afford attention to the ways in which films articulate meaning through their audio-visual, stylistic dimensions. Film style is an important element of filmmaking that has largely been ignored by scholars of religion. By affording attention to the aspects of film that distinguish it from other artistic media, critics and instructors will be able to better illuminate the manner in which religious material is expressed through the film medium.
Descriptor	:	film style
Descriptor	:	religion and film
Descriptor	:	Stranger than Fiction
Descriptor	:	The Gospel of John
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341239‬