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Screen Jesus : portrayals of Christ in television and film / Peter Malone.

By: Publication details: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.Description: xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780810883895 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780810883901 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/68232 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.J4 M38 2012
Contents:
Foreword / by Maggie Roux -- Introducing the theme -- The Jesus figure -- Biblical portraits of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the early 20th century -- The Jesus films: the 1920s and Cecil B. De Mille -- The Jesus films: Jesus' absence from the mainstream: the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s' evangelical Jesus-figures -- The Jesus films: mainstream images -- The Jesus films: the 1960s -- The Jesus films: the 1970s -- The Jesus films: the 1980s -- The Jesus films: cinema freedom and images of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the 1990s -- The Jesus films: the 21st century -- The Jesus films: Jesus in our world today -- The Jesus films: verbal Jesus-figures -- Interest in Jesus and film beyond Christianity -- The reverent/serious and the bizarre.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Maggie Roux -- Introducing the theme -- The Jesus figure -- Biblical portraits of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the early 20th century -- The Jesus films: the 1920s and Cecil B. De Mille -- The Jesus films: Jesus' absence from the mainstream: the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s' evangelical Jesus-figures -- The Jesus films: mainstream images -- The Jesus films: the 1960s -- The Jesus films: the 1970s -- The Jesus films: the 1980s -- The Jesus films: cinema freedom and images of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the 1990s -- The Jesus films: the 21st century -- The Jesus films: Jesus in our world today -- The Jesus films: verbal Jesus-figures -- Interest in Jesus and film beyond Christianity -- The reverent/serious and the bizarre.

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