Screen Christologies
Redemption and the Medium of Film
Editor(s) Chris Deacy
Language: English
Genre(s): Film, Media and Culture, Religion
- September 2001 · 224 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9780708317136
Looks at the ways in which the Christian concept of redemption has been represented in film, from "It's a Wonderful Life" to "Taxi Driver". Concentrating on film noir and the work of Martin Scorsese, the book argues that the characteristic themes of noir confront religious issues.
Author(s): Chris Deacy
Christopher Deacy is Leverhulme Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He is the co-editor with Fiona Bowie of The Coming Deliverer: Millennial Themes in World Religions (1997) and the author of numerous articles dealing with cinema and religion.