Salvation from Cinema
Subtitle: The Medium Is the Message
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781138913943
Subjects: Religion in motion pictures; Motion pictures, religious aspects
Description: Salvation from Cinema offers something new to the burgeoning field of "religion and film": the religious significance of film technique. Discussing the history of both cinematic devices and film theory, Crystal Downing argues that attention to the material medium echoes Christian doctrine about the materiality of Christ’s body as the medium of salvation. Downing cites Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu perspectives on film in order to compare and clarify the significance of medium within the frameworks of multiple traditions.