{"product_id":"9781441161703","title":"The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film","description":"For more than half a century\u003cbr\u003enow, scholars have debated over what comprises a ‘genuinely' religious film—one\u003cbr\u003ethat evinces an ‘authentic' manifestation of the sacred. Often these scholars\u003cbr\u003edo so by pitting the ‘successful' films against those which propagate an\u003cbr\u003einauthentic spiritual experience—with the biblical spectacular serving as their\u003cbr\u003emost notorious candidate.\u003cbr\u003e This book argues that what\u003cbr\u003emakes a filmic manifestation of the sacred true or authentic may say more\u003cbr\u003eabout a spectator or critic's particular way of knowing, as influenced by\u003cbr\u003ealphabetic literacy, than it does about the aesthetic or philosophical—and\u003cbr\u003esometimes even faith-based—dimensions of the sacred onscreen. Engaging with\u003cbr\u003eeverything from Hollywood religious spectaculars, Hindu mythologicals, and an\u003cbr\u003einternational array of films revered for their ‘transcendental style,' \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred and the Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e unveils the\u003cbr\u003eepistemic pressures at the heart of engaging with the sacred onscreen. The book\u003cbr\u003ealso provides a valuable summation of the history of the sacred as a field of\u003cbr\u003estudy, particularly as that field intersects with film.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123752616176,"sku":"9781441161703","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441161703_p0.jpg?v=1763790195","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441161703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}