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Transcendence and spirituality in Chinese cinemaa theological exploration /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Transcendence and spirituality in Chinese cinemaKris H.K Chong.
Reminder of title:	a theological exploration /
Author:	Chong, Kris H. K.
Published:	London :Routledge,2020.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Motion picturesReligious aspects.China
Online resource:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003004417
ISBN:	1000095924 (electronic bk.)

Transcendence and spirituality in Chinese cinemaa theological exploration /
Chong, Kris H. K.

Transcendence and spirituality in Chinese cinemaa theological exploration /[electronic resource] :Kris H.K Chong. - London :Routledge,2020. - 1 online resource. - Routledge studies in religion and film.

This book provides a framework by which a global audience might think theologically about contemporary films produced in mainland China by Chinese directors. Up to this point the academic discipline of Christian theology and film has focussed predominantly on Western cinema, and as a result, has missed out the potential insights offered by Chinese spirituality on film. Mainland Chinese films, produced within the nation's social structure, offer an excellent lingua franca of China. Illuminating the spiritual imagination of Chinese filmmakers and their yearning for transcendence, the book uses Richard A. Blake's concept of afterimage to analyse the potential theological implications of their films. It then brings Jrgen Moltmann's "immanent-transcendence" and Robert K. Johnston's "God's wider Presence" into conversation with Confucianist and Daoist ideas of there being, spirituality-speaking, "More in Life than Meets the Eye" than simply material existence. This all combines to move beyond film and allow for a Western audience to gain a new perspective on Chinese culture and traditions. One that uses familiar Western terms, while avoiding the imposition of a Western mindset. This is a new perspective on cinema, religion and Chinese culture that will be of keen interest to scholars of Religion and Film, Religious Studies, Theology, Sociology of Religion and Chinese Studies.

ISBN: 1000095924 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

952841
Motion pictures
--Religious aspects.--ChinaIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1993.5.C4

Dewey Class. No.: 791.430951

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