LEADER 03322nam 22006371 450 001 9910461110403321 005 20120522121913.0 010 $a1-4725-4949-X 010 $a1-280-58108-5 010 $a9786613610867 010 $a1-4411-4792-6 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472549495 035 $a(CKB)2670000000175362 035 $a(EBL)894565 035 $a(OCoLC)787843535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000640786 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245882 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640786 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10612941 035 $a(PQKB)11532270 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC894565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL894565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554654 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL361086 035 $a(OCoLC)794909856 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255488 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000175362 100 $a20140929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sacred and the cinema $ereconfiguring the "genuinely" religious film /$fSheila J. Nayar 210 1$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-3302-X 311 $a1-4411-5871-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-187) and index. 327 $aTackling transcendence: an introduction -- A history of the sacred as a field of study -- A history of the sacred and the cinema -- The oral contours of the religious spectacular -- The literate contours of the transcendental style -- Varieties of hierophanic experience -- Technologizing hierophany: concluding remarks. 330 $a"For more than half a century now, scholars have debated over what comprises a 'genuinely' religious film one that evinces an 'authentic' manifestation of the sacred. Often these scholars do so by pitting the 'successful' films against those which propagate an inauthentic spiritual experience with the biblical spectacular serving as their most notorious candidate. This book argues that what makes a filmic manifestation of the sacred true or authentic may say more about a spectator or critic's particular way of knowing, as influenced by alphabetic literacy, than it does about the aesthetic or philosophical and sometimes even faith-based dimensions of the sacred onscreen. Engaging with everything from Hollywood religious spectaculars, Hindu mythologicals, and an international array of films revered for their 'transcendental style,' The Sacred and the Cinema unveils the epistemic pressures at the heart of engaging with the sacred onscreen. The book also provides a valuable summation of the history of the sacred as a field of study, particularly as that field intersects with film."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aMotion pictures$xReligious aspects 606 $aReligion in motion pictures 606 $2Media studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aReligion in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/682 700 $aNayar$b Sheila J.$01030640 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461110403321 996 $aThe sacred and the cinema$92447631 997 $aUNINA