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Screening divinity /

Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods-- covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focussing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the fifties and the twenty-first century second wave of big screen productions,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maurice, Lisa, 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Series:	Screening antiquity.
Subjects:	Jesus Christ > In motion pictures. Jesus Christ. Gods in motion pictures. God in motion pictures. Motion pictures.

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