Film, philosophy and religion / edited by William H. U. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, William H. U., 1961- editor.

Series:

Series in philosophy of religion.

Series in Philosophy of Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Religious aspects.

Motion pictures.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Art and Science Inc., [2022]

Summary:

'Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children's Digital Culture' explores the practices, relationships, consequences, benefits, and outcomes of children's experiences with, on, and through social media by bringing together a vast array of different ideas about childhood, youth, and young people's lives. These ideas are drawn from scholars working in a variety of disciplines, and rather than just describing the social construction of childhood or an understanding of children's lives, this collection seeks to encapsulate not only how young people exist on social media but also how their physical lives are impacted by their presence on social media.One of the aims of this volume in exploring youth interaction with social media is to unpack the structuring of digital technologies in terms of how young people access the technology to use it as a means of communication, a platform for identification, and a tool for participation in their larger social world. During longstanding and continued experience in the broad field of youth and digital culture, we have come to realize that not only is the subject matter increasing in importance at an immeasurable rate, but the amount of textbooks and/or edited collections has lagged behind considerably. There is a lack of sources that fully encapsulate the canon of texts for the discipline or the rich diversity and complexity of overlapping subject areas that create the fertile ground for studying young people's lives and culture. The editors hope that this text will occupy some of that void and act as a catalyst for future interdisciplinary collections.'Young People and Social Media: Contemporary Children's Digital Culture' will appeal to undergraduate students studying Child and Youth Studies and-given the interdisciplinary nature of the collection- scholars, researchers and students at all levels working in anthropology, psychology, sociology, communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, education, and human rights, among others. Practitioners in these fields will also find this collection of particular interest.

Contents:

Scorsese and Plato : a philosophical method for cinematic analysis and discovering divine revelation / Matthew Small

Depictions of Jesus Christ in Twenty-First Century film / William B. Bowes

Watching Prisoners through the lens of patristic teachings on evil, demons and spiritual warfare / Travis Dumsday

Utopian virutal reality in Ready Player One : responding with real hope and the Christian Teleos / John Paul Arceno

A confessional Lutheran approach to reading film : where the metaphysical meets the phantamagorical / Ted Giese

Contact and the incompatibility of science and religion / David Kyle Johnson

A theology of beauty in Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It / Justin McLendon

The Shape of Graves to Come : the symbolic meaning of funerals and tombs in science fiction films / Stefano Bigliardi

The horror of evil in Ridley Scott's Alien Universe : deriving hope and faith through Biblical revelation and wisdom theology / Sarah Cameron

Bazin's metaphorical theology of cinema / Zeke Saber

The four-tier conversation of filmic space into cinematic space : a study on Eat Pray Love / A.P. Anupama, Vinod Balakrishnan

Love can thaw a frozen heart : the philosophy of love in Disney's Frozen films / Erin Archer

I am a professional actress not a prostitute : the Nollywood "Porn Star" and Nigerian conservatism / Floribert Patrick C. Endong

Zollywood and the eclipse of Christianity by African traditional religion in post-colonial Zimbabwe / Robert Matikiti

Working women an drape myths in Turkish cinema between 1923-1996 / Bariskan Unal

Aristotle at the movies : epistemic virtue in film / Jonathan Strand

King David as a Biblical "Goodfella" and "The Godfather" : cultural-social analogies with monarchy and La Cosa Nostra . William H.U. Anderson.

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ISBN:

9781648893223

1648893228