Everyone’s searching for a saviour
Film, theology and media ecology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12778577 |
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| Authors | Paul A Soukup (0009-0004-5379-8076, Santa Clara University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315-329 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Explorations in Media Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1539-7785 • E-ISSN: 2048-0717 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/eme.15.3-4.315_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2745058139 |
| Language | EN |
Christian theology has employed almost all communication media and techiques to aid its reflection on belief. Its twentieth century fascination with film illustrates how media ecology can inform both theology’s practices and theology’s key concepts, such as sacramentality. Looking at filmic theology through a media ecology lens reveals that film can have religious significance in a number of ways: relationally, ritually, narratively, symbolically, performatively and imaginatively
Aesthetics · Biology · Key (lock · Media ecology · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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