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Reading the Gospels in the Dark: Portrayals of Jesus in Film

Portrayals of Jesus in Film

by Richard Walsh (Professor of Religion and Associate Academic Dean, Methodist College, North Carolina, USA)

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

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From "The Greatest Story Ever Told" to "Jesus of Montreal" to "Shane", the figure of Jesus has made repeated - and varied - appearances in American cinema. In this book Richard Walsh brings "Jesus-films", the canonical gospels, and American culture into conversation.;The discourse begins in the theatre with the lights down low and the Jesus-films on the big screen. Walsh's commentary starts with the films themselves and the American Jesus(es) portrayed therein. Ironically, while we do not expect Jesus-films to "get Jesus or the gospels right," they do cast light on interesting literary and mythical features of the gospels - and on American culture. For example, Arcand's "Jesus of Montreal" offers fresh understanding of the apocalyptic discourse in Mark 13, and "Shane" and "Pale Rider" demonstrate that Americans desperately want a conquering hero who is not a capitalist or an imperialist to deal with their frustrations.
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  • Author

    Richard Walsh (Professor of Religion and Associate Academic Dean, Methodist College, North Carolina, USA)

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    October 2003

  • Weight

    296g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781563383878

  • ISBN-10

    156338387X

  • Eden Code

    23185

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