Screen Jesus

Peter Malone

doi:10.5771/9780810883901

Summary

Since the dawn of film in the 1890s, religious themes and biblical subjects have been a staple of cinema. One of the earliest focuses of screen presentations was the Bible, especially the New Testament and the Gospels. In Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film, Peter Malone takes a close look at films in which Jesus is depicted. From silent renditions of The Passion Play to 21st-century blockbusters like The Passion of the Christ, Malone examines how the history of Jesus films reflects the changes in artistic styles and experiments in cinematic forms for more than a century. In addition to providing a historical overview of the Jesus films, this book also reveals the changes in piety and in theological understandings of the humanity and divinity of Jesus over the decades.

While most of the Jesus films come from the United States and the west, an increasing number of Jesus films come from other cultures, which are also included in this study. Fans and scholars interested in the history of religious cinema will find this an interesting read, as will students and teachers in cinema and religious studies, church pastors, parish groups, and youth ministry.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-8389-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8390-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 318
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. FOREWORD No access
3. INTRODUCING THE THEME No access
Chapter 1. THE JESUS-FIGURE No access Pages 1 - 5
Chapter 2. BIBLICAL PORTRAITS OF JESUS No access Pages 6 - 13
Chapter 3. THE JESUS FILMS: THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY No access Pages 14 - 21
Chapter 4. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1920s AND CECIL B. DEMILLE No access Pages 22 - 26
Chapter 5. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1930s, 1940s, AND 1950s—JESUS’ ABSENCE FROM THE MAINSTREAM AND EVANGELICAL JESUS-FIGURES No access Pages 27 - 42
Chapter 6. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1950s AND 1960s—MAINSTREAM IMAGES No access Pages 43 - 54
Chapter 7. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1960s No access Pages 55 - 68
Chapter 8. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1970s No access Pages 69 - 103
Chapter 9. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1980s No access Pages 104 - 124
Chapter 10. THE JESUS FILMS: CINEMA FREEDOM AND IMAGES OF JESUS No access Pages 125 - 131
Chapter 11. THE JESUS FILMS: THE 1990s No access Pages 132 - 150
PHOTOSPREAD No access Pages B1 - L
Chapter 12. THE JESUS FILMS: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY No access Pages 151 - 181
Chapter 13. THE JESUS FILMS: JESUS IN OUR WORLD TODAY No access Pages 182 - 200
Chapter 14. THE JESUS FILMS: VERBAL JESUS-FIGURES No access Pages 201 - 212
Chapter 15. INTEREST IN JESUS AND FILM BEYOND CHRISTIANITY No access Pages 213 - 235
Chapter 16. THE REVERENT/SERIOUS No access Pages 236 - 245
Chapter 17. THE BIZARRE No access Pages 246 - 258
Chapter 18. AFTER THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST No access Pages 259 - 266
AFTERWORD: MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OF JESUS FILMS No access Pages 267 - 270
APPENDIX 1: THE MAJOR JESUS FILMS No access Pages 271 - 274
APPENDIX 2: JESUS AND THE CRUCIFIX No access Pages 275 - 280
APPENDIX 3: THE ISSUE OF FILMS ON JESUS AND SEXUALITY No access Pages 281 - 292
APPENDIX 4: INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR OF JESUS, THE SPIRIT OF GOD No access Pages 293 - 296
SELECTED BACKGROUND READING No access Pages 297 - 298
INDEX No access Pages 299 - 316
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 317 - 318