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Table of Contents

[The first part of this essay, addressing Film and Religion: History and Criticism, appeared in Communication Research Trends, Volume 23, Number 4, December 2004.]

4. Theology and Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A. Overviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. Narrative Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Mythic Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
D. The Fantastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
E. Transcendence in Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
F. Downward Transcendence and the Demonic . . 12
5. Film Pedagogy and Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A. Educational Uses of Religion and Film . . . . . . 15
B. Catechism Uses of Religion and Film . . . . . . . 16
C. Homiletic Uses of Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D. Devotional Uses of Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selective Religious Filmography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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