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Journal of Religion & Film
Number of Followers: 9

This is an Open Access Journal

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ISSN (Print) 1092-1311
Published by U of Nebraska-Omaha

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Tár
- Authors: Sherry Coman
  Abstract: This is a film review of Tár (2022), directed by Todd Field.
  PubDate: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:25:09 PDT
Rape Jokes, Sexual Violence, and Empire in Revelation and This Is The End
- Authors: Meredith J.C. Warren
  Abstract: The Book of Revelation is one of the most borrowed-from texts of the New Testament when it comes to popular culture. Although there are dozens of other ancient apocalyptic writings, it is John’s apocalyptic visions that directly inform contemporary ideas of apocalypse. The apocalyptic comedy This Is The End (Dir. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, 2013) not only invokes imagery from Revelation but also adapts portions of the text in its portrayal of the end times. However, it also reproduces and expands upon the use of sexual violence as a means of punishment found in Revelation. This paper will examine the mechanisms of sexual violence in Revelation as they are interpreted in This Is The End. I will argue that in the same way that Revelation imagines itself as challenging the status quo that is the Roman Empire and yet reinforces violence against women as normative, the rape jokes in This Is The End (even ones that purport to invert narratives) prop up a system in which sexual violence is understood as deserved punishment.
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:46:08 PDT
“Knowledge Belongs to All, but You Don’t Understand that because
You’re Nothing but a White”: The Mystical Philosophy of Embrace of the
Serpent
- Authors: Rebecca Makas
  Abstract: This article explores the implicit theory of mysticism in Ciro Guerra’s 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent (Sp. El abrazo de la serpiente). While many theories of mysticism argue that true mystical experience is unmediated and, therefore, universal, Guerra makes a more provocative statement in the film. He depicts two Westerners’ attempts to have an entheogenic mystical experience in journeys on the Amazon, guided by an indigenous shaman named Karamakate. While the first experience is unsuccessful, the second produces an astonishing mystical vision. The film’s apex transcends culture and suggests the power of the mystical to heal the trauma of colonization and cultural destruction, but not through an unmediated “universal” mystical experience. Rather, it is the “embrace of the serpent” to which the film’s title refers, based on Amazonian mythology. The film provides valuable insight into how mystical experience can facilitate cross-cultural understanding and deep healing after the trauma of colonization. Contrary to what a scholar of mysticism might expect, it is only by understanding culturally-specific mystical expertise can one transcend culture to benefit from the insights and healing of a mystical experience.
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:46:02 PDT
Baraka: A World Without Words: A Guided Meditation
- Authors: Wanda E. Avila
  Abstract: Baraka: A World Beyond Words (1992) is a guided meditation that aims to induce the transcendent experience in the viewer. Through the eyes of a Zen Buddhist monk, the viewer is invited to meditate on the various phenomena that testify to the existence of the transcendent (the first eight chapters), to experience the everyday world where the transcendent is painfully absent (the next eleven chapters), and to finally arrive at stasis (the last two chapters). This paper is a description of and commentary on each of the 21 chapters of the film.
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:56 PDT
Justice for All: moira, tyche and nemesis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Authors: Jason Osborne
  Abstract: This article explores the ways in which the ancient concepts of moira, tyche, and nemesis permeate the films and series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:50 PDT
Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the
Postcolony
- Authors: Vijay Mishra
  Abstract: This is a book review of Rochona Majumdar, Art Cinema and India’s Forgotten Futures: Film and History in the Postcolony (Columbia University Press, 2021).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:47 PDT
Transcendence and Spirituality in Chinese Cinema: A Theological
Exploration
- Authors: James Lorenz
  Abstract: This is a book review of Kris H.K. Chong, Transcendence and Spirituality in Chinese Cinema: A Theological Exploration (New York, NY: Routledge, 2020).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:45 PDT
The Dardenne Brothers’ Cinematic Parables: Integrating Theology,
Philosophy, and Film
- Authors: Matthew Kingcroft
  Abstract: This is a book review of Joel Mayward, The Dardenne Brothers’ Cinematic Parables: Integrating Theology, Philosophy, and Film (Routledge, 2023).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:42 PDT
Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization
- Authors: Sen Meheli
  Abstract: This is a book review of Rosalind Galt, Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization (Columbia University Press, 2021).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:39 PDT
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Authors: Afsar Mohammad
  Abstract: This is a book review of Farshid Kazemi, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2021).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:36 PDT
Natalia
- Authors: Dereck Daschke
  Abstract: This is a film review of Natalia (2023), directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei.
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:45:34 PDT
Lars Von Trier’s Cinema: Excess, Evil, and the Prophetic Voice
- Authors: Jeanette solano
  Abstract: This is a book review of Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran, Lars Von Trier’s Cinema: Excess, Evil, and the Prophetic Voice (Routledge, 2021).
  PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:30:25 PDT