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Reflections on the Uncritical Appropriation of Cinematic Christ-Figures: Holy Other or Wholly Inadequate?

From: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture  |  Date: 6/22/2006

Dr. Christopher Deacy, Lecturer in Applied Theology

University of Kent, U.K.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to offer a critical response to Anton Karl Kozlovic's article, published in the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture in 2004, on "The Structural Characteristics of the Cinematic Christ-figure." Even though one may be able to discern a parallel between a film character and the person of Christ, I argue that Kozlovic's tendency to impose Christian motifs on to ...

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