The challenge of the silver screen : an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad /

In 1897 - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about Jesus appeared. This and other films about Jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like Rama, Buddha and Muhammad. Although religious leaders did not always approve...

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Main Author: Bakker, Freek L., 1951-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Studies in Religion and the Arts 1.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223097.

Subjects:

Film.

Religionsstifter.

Gods in motion pictures.

Motion pictures > Religious aspects.