RELST 335 - Christian Theology and Film

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Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

A seminar devoted to exploring how the fields of theology and film studies cross-fertilize each other, with special attention given to the ways in which film functions as religious discourse. Students seek to investigate the historical evolution of film as a means of communicating theological doctrines or themes through its narrative patterns and to analyze how religious and secular films have been and are considered as cultural texts that advise not only how one should live, but what one should believe. In particular, we explore the sermonic nature of film, various hermenuetics of film, and how audiences receive and appropriate both manifest and latent religious meanings. Identical to COMM 335. Prerequisites: three semester hours in either communications, English, history, philosophy, or religious studies. Offered spring of evennumbered years.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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