{"product_id":"the-sacred-and-the-cinema-reconfiguring-the-genuinely-religious-film-9781472533029","title":"The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sheila J. Nayar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century now, scholars have debated over what comprises a 'genuinely' religious film--one that evinces an 'authentic' manifestation of the sacred. Often these scholars do so by pitting the 'successful' films against those which propagate an inauthentic spiritual experience--with the biblical spectacular serving as their most notorious candidate. This book argues that what makes a filmic manifestation of the sacred true or authentic may say more about a spectator or critic's particular way of knowing, as influenced by alphabetic literacy, than it does about the aesthetic or philosophical--and sometimes even faith-based--dimensions of the sacred onscreen. Engaging with everything from Hollywood religious spectaculars, Hindu mythologicals, and an international array of films revered for their 'transcendental style, ' \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred and the Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the epistemic pressures at the heart of engaging with the sacred onscreen. The book also provides a valuable summation of the history of the sacred as a field of study, particularly as that field intersects with film.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087646384279,"sku":"9781472533029","price":4968.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472533029.webp?v=1767143090","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sacred-and-the-cinema-reconfiguring-the-genuinely-religious-film-9781472533029","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}