1st Edition

Film and the Afterlife

By David Rankin Copyright 2020
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores how post-death existence is represented in popular film, looking at issues such as continuity, personal identity, and the nature of existence beyond the grave. Film often returns to the theme of dying, death and the afterlife, both directly and indirectly, because there are very few subjects as compelling and universal. The book compares the representation of death,... Read more

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Stages of the Afterlife;  2 Continuity and Identity in the Afterlife; 3 The Form and Nature of Existence in the Afterlife; 4 Contact between worlds?; Conclusion; Appendix A Book to Film Adaptations; Appendix B The Intermediate Space in Religious Traditions; Appendix C Continuity of Personal Identity into the Afterlife; Appendix D A Mind Only World?; Subject Index

Biography

David Rankin is an ordained minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and has served as both Principal of Trinity College Queensland, Australia, and Head of the School of Theology at Griffith University, Australia. His publications in the field include Tertullian and the Church (1995), From Clement to Origen (2006), Athenagoras (2009), and The Early Church and the Afterlife (2017).