Teaching Religion and Film

includes index and biblioraphy

PART I Establishing Shot: Viewing the Field of Religion and Film 1. What Are We Teaching When We Teach "Religion and Film"? William L. Blizek and Michele Desmarais, 17 2. Teaching Religion and Film: A Fourth Approach Conrad Ostwalt, 35 PART II Film and the Teaching of Religious Traditions 3. Teaching Biblical Tourism: How Sword-and-Sandal Films Clouded My Vision Alice Bach, 57 4. Designing a Course on Religion and Cinema in India Gayatri Chatterjee, 77 5. Buddhism, Film, and Religious Knowing: Challenging the Literary Approach to Film Francisca Cho, 117 6. The Pedagogical Challenges of Finding Christ Figures in Film Christopher Deacy, 129 7. Film and the Introduction to Islam Course Amir Hussain, 141 8. Is It All about Love Actually? Sentimentality as Problem and Opportunity in the Use of Film for Teaching Theology and Religion Clive Marsh, 155 9. Women, Theology, and Film: Approaching the Challenge of Interdisciplinary Teaching Gaye Williams Ortiz, 165 PART III The Religious Studies Approach 10. Seeing Is Believing, but Touching`s the Truth: Religion, Film, and the Anthropology of the Senses Richard M. Carp, 177 11. There Is No Spoon? Teaching The Matrix, Postperennialism, and the Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism Gregory Grieve, 189 12. Teaching Film as Religion John C. Lyden, 209 13. Filmmaking and World Making: Re-Creating Time and Space in Myth and Film S. Brent Plate, 219 14. Introducing Theories of Religion through Film: A Sample Syllabus Gregory J. Watkins, 233 PART IV The Values Approach 15. Touching Evil, Touching Good Irena S. M. Makarushka, 253 16. Teaching Ethics with Film: A Course on the Moral Agency of Women Ellen Ott Marshall, 265 17. Searching for Peace in Films about Genocide Jolyon Mitchell, 283