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Film as Religion, Second Edition: Myths, Morals, and Rituals

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Argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right. ...

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Film as Religion, Second Edition: Myths, Morals, and Rituals 2019, New York University Press

ISBN-13: 9781479811991

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Film as Religion, Second Edition: Myths, Morals, and Rituals 2019, New York University Press

ISBN-13: 9781479802074

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