Revealing Christ’s Presence in Jesus Films and Dreams: Towards Ontonic Semiotics of Non-representation
Abstract Jesus films remain popular in missionary work, yet little is known about how they communicate. Working with viewers in Benin, West Africa, I observed that they watch films as an embodied practice that goes beyond the explanatory power of meaning-based communication models. For them, the fil...
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2021
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Exchange
Year: 2021, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-29 |
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society NBF Christology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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Phenomenology
B media technology B Ontology B Vision B Jesus films B photo B Semiotics B Dreams |
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