Ideological Blindspot in the Academic Study of Religion and Film

This essay offers a critique of how "religion" is defined and studied in the academic field of religion and film, and calls for a more nuanced application of ideological analysis to the subject. Surveying the dominant scholarship in the field, it exposes a tendency to provide either theolo...

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Main Author: Eaghll, Tenzan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 416-445
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Science of Religion / Film / Religion / Ideology
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Sui Generis
B film studies
B Critique
B Film
B Ideology
B Religion
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