Screening Divinity 1474425739, 9781474425735
Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - fr
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English Pages 228 [241] Year 2019
Table of contents :
Screening Divinity
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Screening Divinity: Introduction
2 Anthropomorphism
3 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (1): The Patriarchal King Figure and the Devil
4 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (2): Screening the Olympian Males and Jesus
5 Gendering the Divine (1): Greek Goddesses on Screen
6 Gendering the Divine (2): Holy Female Figures in the Judaeo-Christian Film
7 Human-Divine Interactions on Screen
8 Blurring the Boundaries: Apotheoses and Deicides
Postscript: Some Closing Observations
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
