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Contributors, xi<br/>Introduction: Teaching Religion and Film<br/>Gregory J. Watkins, 3<br/><br/>PART I Establishing Shot: Viewing the Field of Religion and Film<br/><br/>1. What Are We Teaching When We Teach "Religion and Film"?<br/>William L. Blizek and Michele Desmarais, 17<br/>2. Teaching Religion and Film: A Fourth Approach<br/>Conrad Ostwalt, 35<br/><br/>PART II Film and the Teaching of Religious Traditions<br/><br/>3. Teaching Biblical Tourism: How Sword-and-Sandal Films<br/>Clouded My Vision<br/>Alice Bach, 57<br/>4. Designing a Course on Religion and Cinema in India<br/>Gayatri Chattetjee, 77<br/>5. Buddhism, Film, and Religious Knowing: Challenging the<br/>Literary Approach to Film<br/>Francisca Cho, 117<br/>6. The Pedagogical Challenges of Finding Christ Figures in Film<br/>Christopher Deacy, 129<br/>7. Film and the Introduction to Islam Course<br/>Amir Hussain, 141<br/>8. Is It All about Love Aaually} Sentimentality as Problem and Opportunity<br/>in the Use of Film for Teaching Theology and Religion<br/>Clive Marsh, 155<br/>9. Women, Theology, and Film; Approaching the Challenge<br/>of Interdisciplinary Teaching<br/>Gaye Williams Ortiz, 165<br/><br/>PART III The Religious Studies Approach<br/><br/>10. Seeing Is Believing, but Touching's the Truth: Religion, Film,<br/>and the Anthropology of the Senses<br/>Richard M. Carp, 177<br/>11. There Is No Spoon? Teaching The Matrix, Postperennialism,<br/>and the Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism<br/>Gregory Grieve, 189<br/>12. Teaching Film as Religion<br/>John C. Lyden, 209<br/>13. Filmmaking and World Making: Re-Creating Time and Space<br/>in Myth and Film<br/>S. Brent Plate, 219<br/>14. Introducing Theories of Religion through Film: A Sample Syllabus<br/>Gregory J. Watkins, 233<br/><br/>PART IV The Values Approach<br/>15. Touching Evil, Touching Good<br/>Irena S. M. Makarushka, 253<br/>16. Teaching Ethics with Film: A Course on the Moral Agency of Women<br/>Ellen Ott Marshall, 265<br/>17. Searching for Peace in Films about Genocide<br/>Jolyon Mitchell, 283<br/>Index, 295 |
