Melissa Conroy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6800603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Conroy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Conroy |
| SIGNATURE | CONROY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Muskingum University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In Defense of Irrationality
Richard B. Miller opens Why Study Religion? with a clear statement of purpose: “This book is about theory, method, and purpose in the study of religion, arguing for a course correction in the priorities and ideals that animate the field” (2021, ix). Miller begins his discussion with three questions that have guided the field: “Can the academic study of religion be justified? Should it be included in the curriculum? Do good reasons exist to motiva…
Quilting Monsters with Lacan
This article considers the way in which human beings are displaced into the category of the monster. Specifically, I apply psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s quilt of the human subject to two humans who were connected overtly to monstrosity (one to demons, the other to mythical monsters), in order to “monstrify” them. Lacan’s depiction of a subject stitched into a three-layered structure of an ultimately unknowable reality (the Real), images (the Imag…
Religion and Film
Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World." The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 24(2), pp. 330–331
Religion and Film
Reviewed by: Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World Melissa S. Conroy S. Brent Plate . Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World. New York: Wallflower Press, 2008. 112 pp. $22.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-90564-69-5 In the preface to Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World, S. Brent Plate makes clear what this book is not. It is not a book about seeing religious images or tropes in film. Nor is it a…
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Religion and Film
Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World." The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 24(2), pp. 330–331
Religion and Film
Reviewed by: Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World Melissa S. Conroy S. Brent Plate . Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World. New York: Wallflower Press, 2008. 112 pp. $22.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-90564-69-5 In the preface to Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World, S. Brent Plate makes clear what this book is not. It is not a book about seeing religious images or tropes in film. Nor is it a…
Quilting Monsters with Lacan
This article considers the way in which human beings are displaced into the category of the monster. Specifically, I apply psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s quilt of the human subject to two humans who were connected overtly to monstrosity (one to demons, the other to mythical monsters), in order to “monstrify” them. Lacan’s depiction of a subject stitched into a three-layered structure of an ultimately unknowable reality (the Real), images (the Imag…
In Defense of Irrationality
Richard B. Miller opens Why Study Religion? with a clear statement of purpose: “This book is about theory, method, and purpose in the study of religion, arguing for a course correction in the priorities and ideals that animate the field” (2021, ix). Miller begins his discussion with three questions that have guided the field: “Can the academic study of religion be justified? Should it be included in the curriculum? Do good reasons exist to motiva…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Movie theater (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work)