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The Journal
of Religion and Film

Edited by
William L. Blizek

Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Volume 6, Number 2 (October 2002)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

Articles

From Peepshow to Prayer: Toward a Spirituality of the Movies
by Richard Blake

"Beautiful Necessities": American Beauty and the Idea of Freedom
by David L. Smith

Black Song, White Song: Salvation Through The Radio in The Apostle and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
By Michelle Cormier

Cinema and Theology: The Case of Heaven Over the Marshes
by André Bazin (Translated and edited by Bert Cardullo)

Cinematic Illustrations in Christian Theology
by James S. Spiegel

The Holy, Non-Christic Biblical Subtexts in Superman: The Movie (1978) and Superman II (1981)
By Anton Karl Kozlovic

Film Reviews: S. Brent Plate, Editor

Atanarjuat - Amir Hussain
Igby Goes Down - Jessica Frazier
Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie - Thomas E. Phillips
Minority Report - Michael Karounos
Signs - Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare
Sunshine State - Glenn Whitehouse
Sweet Sixteen - Jessica Frazier
The Pianist - Christopher Garbowski
Windtalkers - Thomas E. Phillips

Call for Papers - Journal of Religion and Popular Culture

We wish to thank the following journals for advertising our call for papers

Amerasia Journal				Harvard Theological Review
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
The Heythrop Journal		Semeia		The Jewish Quarterly Review
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)

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