"There's No Place Like Home": An American Koan
I use the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as an occasion to reflect on the various ways a desire for ultimate fulfillment is configured in religion. Typically, the film's climactic motto—"There's no place like home"—is taken as a straightforward expression of the familiar view that fu...
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University of Saskatchewan
[2014]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-292 |
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Buddhism
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