Screening the sacred: religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film

Abstract

* Introduction: Seeing the Sacred on the Screen Joel W. Martin. Theological Criticism * Shall These Bones Live? The Problem of Bodies in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho and Joel Coens Blood Simple Larry E. Grimes. * Angels in the Primum Mobile: Dimensions of the Sacred in William Kennedys Ironweed, Novel and Film Ted L. Estess. * The Christian Allegorical Structure of Platoon Avent Childress Beck. * Hollywood and Armageddon: Apocalyptic Themes in Recent Cinematic Presentation Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr. Mythological Criticism * Star Wars: A Myth for Our Time Andrew Gordon. * With Eyes Uplifted: Space Aliens as Sky Gods Caron Schwartz Ellis. * Evolution of The New Frontier in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal Co-optation of the Feminine Archetype Janice Hocker Rushing. Ideological Criticism * Redeeming America: Rocky as Ritual Racial Drama J. W. Martin. * From Revelation to Dream: Allegory in David Lynchs Blue Velvet Elizabeth McLemore. * Women Spoken For: Images of Displaced Desire Irena Makarushka. * Conclusion: Religion, Film, and Cultural Analysis C. E. Ostwalt Jr.