Deacy, Christopher (2006) Reflections on the Uncritical Appropriation of Cinematic Christ-Figures: Holy Other or Wholly Inadequate? Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, XIII . ISSN 1703-289X. (doi:10.3138/jrpc.13.1.001) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:6414)
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to offer a critical response to Anton Karl Kozlovic’s article, published in the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture in 2004, on “The Structural Characteristics of the Cinematic Christ-figure.” Even though one may be able to discern a parallel between a film character and the person of Christ, I argue that Kozlovic’s tendency to impose Christian motifs on to films rests on the false assumption that all of the facets of Christ’s life and work can be fitted into a particular typology, such that a film either does, or does not, have the necessary definitional properties. I propose adopting a new approach to the theology-film field which entails not the pursuit of redundant thematic parallels but asking whether or not a two-fold dialogical relationship between theology and film and between Christ and Christ-figure can emerge.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.3138/jrpc.13.1.001 |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Chris Deacy |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2008 19:26 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2023 11:30 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/6414 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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