1st Edition
Theology and Survival Movies An Orthodox Christian Perspective
By Ioan Buteanu
Copyright 2023
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides an innovative analysis of the survival movie genre from an Orthodox Christian anthropological perspective. Grounded in the Orthodox tradition, the approach builds from the first chapter of Genesis where man is described as made in the ‘image’ and after the ‘likeness’ of God. It offers a nuanced theological exploration of the concept of the survival movie and examines a number... Read more
Introduction
1 Research methodologies. The fundaments of anthropology and film studies from Christian perspectives
2 Survival movies defined through genre elements
3 A historical overview
4 The survival genre as a mixed genre
5 Survival and biology (physical survival)
6 Survival and communion (surviving together, as a community)
7 Survival and morality
8 Survival and transformation (spiritual survival)
Conclusions. How the image of God is seen in those who passed through limit situations?
Biography
Ioan Buteanu received a PhD from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He teaches Orthodox Christianity and has written poetry, prose and screenplays.
