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Screening Divinity (Screening Antiquity) by Maurice Lisa Maurice is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Screening Divinity (Screening Antiquity) about?
Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focussing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the fifties and the twenty-first century second wave of big screen productions, she provides an over-arching picture that allows historical trends and developments to be demonstrated and contrasted. Engaging with recent scholarship on film, particularly film and theology as well
Who reads Screening Divinity (Screening Antiquity)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maurice Lisa Maurice
- Publisher
- Edingburgh University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474425742
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Sports, Performing Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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