Film as Religion, Second Edition: Myths, Morals, and Rituals

Argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture

The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right.

Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously.

Author: John C. Lyden
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 11/26/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781479811991
ISBN10: 1479811998
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | General
- Religion | General

About the Author

John C. Lyden is the Liberal
Arts Core Director and Professor of Liberal Arts at Grand View University. Previously
he was Professor and Chair of the Religion Department
at Dana College. He is the also the editor of the Journal of Religion & Film as well
as the Routledge Companion to Religion
and Film, among other books.

John C. Lyden is the Liberal Arts Core Director and Professor of Liberal Arts at Grand View University. Previously he was Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Dana College. He is the also the editor of the Journal of Religion & Film as well as the Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, among other books.