Representing Religion in Film

<p>This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship between religion film and ideology. It shows how religion is imagined constructed and interpreted in film and film criticism. The films analyzed include <i>The Last Jedi</i> <i>Terminator</i> <i>Cloud Atlas</i> <i>Darjeeling Limited</i> <i>Hellboy</i> <i>The Revenant</i> <i> Religulous</i> and <i>The Secret of my Success</i>. <p/> Each chapter offers: <br> - an explanation of the particular representation of religion that appears in film<br> - a discussion of how this representation has been interpreted in film criticism and religious studies scholarship<br> - an in-depth study of a Hollywood or popular film to highlight the rhetorical social and political functions this representation accomplishes on the silver screen<br> - a discussion about how such analysis might be applied to other films of a similar genre <p/> Written in an accessible style and focusing on Hollywood and popular cinema this book will be of interest to both movie lovers and experts alike.</p>