RE105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Opiate, Paul Tillich, Sigmund Freud
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Reminders: final exam: dec 5 (12pm, bring a pen and a pencil. R. niebuhr (1951) model: [religion] rejecting culture, [religion] of culture, [religion] above culture, [religion] and culture in paradox, [religion] transforming culture, likewise, film can approach film in the same ways. Religion and cinematic culture: religion can be seen in film as, props/backdrop, narratives, tropes, paradigms, direct or indirect, themes; concerns, representation/expression, explorations of religious/spiritual questions, can film function as religion, myths/paradigms; rituals; seeking, function, meaning. Definitions and objectives: the definition of religion, various definitions. Importance: critical viewing, active viewing, media literacy, understanding connections/sources/references through critical viewing. Myths, heroes and quests: definition of myth and hero , the hero"s journey, fitch reading, stucky reading, whale rider (2002, dodd reading, assignment #1. Texts & scriptures: biblical texts in film, uses and controversies, reinhartz reading, flesher reading, archetypes, prophets, messiahs. Jesus: mcever reading/handout, mahan reading, prince of egypt (1998, moses and the exodus, tooze reading, schroeder reading, assignment #2.
