Screen Jesus portrayals of Christ in television and film / Peter Malone.

Author/creator Malone, Peter
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc.,
Descriptionxvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Foreword / by Maggie Roux -- Introducing the theme -- The Jesus figure -- Biblical portraits of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the early 20th century -- The Jesus films: the 1920s and Cecil B. De Mille -- The Jesus films: Jesus' absence from the mainstream: the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s' evangelical Jesus-figures -- The Jesus films: mainstream images -- The Jesus films: the 1960s -- The Jesus films: the 1970s -- The Jesus films: the 1980s -- The Jesus films: cinema freedom and images of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the 1990s -- The Jesus films: the 21st century -- The Jesus films: Jesus in our world today -- The Jesus films: verbal Jesus-figures -- Interest in Jesus and film beyond Christianity -- The reverent/serious and the bizarre.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012014380
ISBN9780810883895 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780810883901 (ebook)