Cinematic Scripture : The Structure and Usage of The Lord of the Rings as Equipment for Living

ISBN-13: 9783639153026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 68 str.

Brent Yergensen

Opis

Film has the capacity to function as cinematicscripture for Christian audiences. Cinematicscripture means that films are authoritative foraudiences in the same way as written scripture. InThe Lord of the Rings film trilogy, this new form ofscripture works as equipment for living by beinginterpreted by Christian audiences as a call to go towar against evil through the structure of the film sbiblical themes of bifurcation, redemption, andmillennialism. These fantasy themes culminate in arhetorical vision of war that emerges when Christianbloggers describe how they use the films. From theusage of The Lord of the Rings, two functions of thisexample of cinematic scripture surface: the films arecanonical, and they are militant. Because the filmsare militant, they foster zealously nationalisticattitudes at the expense of prophetic realism.

O autorze

Brent Yergensen''s research interests include the rhetorics of
science, religion, and popular culture. He currently resides in
Lincoln, NE and is raising his family with his wife and best
friend, Celeste.