6. Religion & Theology

General

Richard A. Blake. Afterimage: The Indelible Catholic Imagination of Six American Filmmakers. Chicago : Loyola Press, 2000.
[Scorsese, Hitchcock, Capra, Ford, Coppola, De Palma]

Ivan Butler. Religion in the Cinema. New York : A.S. Barnes, 1969.

John Cooper & Carl Skade (eds.) Celluloid and Symbols. Philadelphia : Fortress, 1970.

Christopher Deacy. Screen Christologies: Redemption and the Medium of Film. Cardiff : University of Wales , 2001.

Peter Fraser. Images of the Passion: The Sacramental Mode in Film. Westport , CT : Praeger, 1998.

Ronald Holloway. Beyond the Image: Approaches to the Religious Dimension in the Cinema. Geneva : Oikoumene, 1977.

Neil P. Hurley. Theology Through Film. New York : Harper & Row, 1970.

Robert Jewett. Saint Paul at the Movies: The Apostle’s Dialogue with American Culture. Westminster / John Knox, 1993.

Robert Jewett. Saint Paul Returns to the Movies: Triumph Over Shame. Eerdmans, 1998.

Robert K. Johnson. Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue. Grand Rapids , MI : Baker, 2000.

G. William Jones. Sunday Night at the Movies. Richmond , VA : John Knox, 1967.

Roger Kahle & Robert E. Lee. Popcorn and Parables: A New Look at the Movies. Minneapolis : Augsburg , 1971.

Les & Barbara Keyser. Hollywood and the Catholic Church: The Image of Roman Catholicism in American Movies. Chicago : Loyola University Press, 1984.

Robert G. Konzelman. Marquee Ministry: The Movie Theatre as Church and Community Forum. New York : Harper & Row, 1972.

Clive Marsh, et.al. (eds.) Explorations in Theology and Film: Movies and Meaning. Blackwell, 1998.

Joel W. Martin & Conrad E. Ostwalt (eds.). Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth and Ideology in Popular American Film. Boulder , CO : Westview, 1995.

Thomas M. Martin. Images and the Imageless: A Study in Religious Consciousness and Film. 2^nd edition. Lewisburg , PA : Bucknell University , 1991.

John R. May (ed.) Image and Likeness: Religious Visions in American Film Classics. Paulist, 1992.

John R. May (ed.) New Image of Religious Film. Sheed & Ward, 1996.

John R. May & Michael Bird (eds.) Religion in Film. Knoxville : University of Tennessee , 1982.

Margaret R. Miles. Seeing is Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies. Boston : Beacon, 1996.

John W. Nelson. Your God is Alive and Well and Appearing in Popular Culture. Philadelphia : Westminster , 1976.

Anthony Schillaci. Movies and Morals. Notre Dame: Fides, 1970.

Bernard B. Scott. Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories. Minneapolis : Fortress, 1994.

Screening Mystery: Light and Darkness at the Movies.
[Special issue of Catholic International 10:9 (November 1999)]

P. Adams Sitney. “Cinema and Religion” in Encyclopedia of Religion (1986).

Bryan P. Stone. Faith and Film: Theological Themes at the Cinema. St. Louis , MO : Chalice Press, 2000.

Study of the Film: God and Man. Chicago: Catholic Adult Education Center , 1967.

James A. Wall. Church and Cinema: A Way of Viewing Films. Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans, 1971.

Bible Films

George Aichele & Richard Walsh (eds.) Screening Scripture: Intertextual Connections Between Scripture and Film. Harrisburg , PA : Trinity Press International, 2002.

B. Babington & P. W. Evans. Biblical Epics: Sacred Narrative in the Hollywood Cinema. Manchester : University Press, 1993.

Alice Bach (ed.) Biblical Glamour and Hollywood Glitz. Atlanta , GA : Scholars Press, 1996. (Semeia ; 74)

Richard H. Campbell & Michael R. Pitts. The Bible on Film: A Checklist, 1897-1980. Metuchen , NJ : Scarecrow, 1981.

Gerald E. Forshey. American Religious and Biblical Spectacular Films. Westport , CT : Praeger, 1992.

Jesus Films

Lloyd Baugh. Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film. Kansas City : Sheed & Ward, 1997.

Robert Detweiler. “Christ and the Christ Figure in American Fiction” The Christian Scholar 47 (Summer 1964) p.111-124.

Michel Esteve (ed.) “La Passionada Christ comme Theme Cinematographique” Etudes Cinematographiques 2. nos.10-11 (Autumn 1961).

D. Graham. “Images of Christ in Recent Film” in Images of Christ: Ancient and Modern. Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Roy Kinnard & Anthony Davis. Divine Images: A History of Jesus on the Screen. New York : Citadel, 1992.

P. Malone. Movie Christs and Antichrists. Crossroads, 1988.

G. Ortiz. “Jesus at the Movies: Cinematic Representation of the Christ-Figure” The Month (Dec. 1994) p.491-497.

C. D. Peavy. “The Secularized Christ in Contemporary Cinema” Journal of Popular Film and Television. 3/2 p.137-155.

M. Singer. “Cinema Savior: Portrayals of Christ on Film” Film Comment 24/5 (1988) p.44-49.

Richard Stern, Clayton Jefford, Gueric Debona. Savior on the Silver Screen. New York : Paulist Press, 1999.

W. Barnes Tatum. Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years. Polebridge Press, 1998.

Theodore Ziolkowski. Fictional Transfigurations of Jesus. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1972.

Jewish Films

Kathryn Bernheimer. The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critics Ranking of the Very Best. Seacaucus , NJ : Birch Lane , 1998.

Patricia Erens. The Jew in American Cinema. Bloomington : Indiana University , 1984.

Stuart Fox. Jewish Films in the United States : A Comprehensive Survey and Descriptive Filmography. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1976.

Lester D. Friedman. The Jewish Image in American Film. Seacaucus , NJ : Citadel, 1987.

Matthew Stevens. Jewish Film directory: A Guide to More Than 1200 Films of Jewish Interest from 32 Countries Over 85 Years. Westport , CT : Greenwood , 1992.