Luminous The Spiritual Life on Film |
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| Author:
| King, Mike |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7642-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Provides a comprehensive survey of religion and spirituality on film. It explores different aspects of the spiritual life as projected in nearly 300 movies, of which 60 are essential viewing. Film settings embrace all of the major faiths, smaller religious groupings, the New Age, and even contexts that are in the first instance secular, atheist or anti-religious. A dozen themes have been identified in which to group them.
Provides a comprehensive survey of religion and spirituality on film. It explores different aspects of the spiritual life as projected in nearly 300 movies, of which 60 are essential viewing. Film settings embrace all of the major faiths, smaller religious groupings, the New Age, and even contexts that are in the first instance secular, atheist or anti-religious. A dozen themes have been identified in which to group them.