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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Main Author: Merz, Johannes 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: 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
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B media technology
B Ontology
B Vision
B Jesus films
B photo
B Semiotics
B Dreams
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