Richard Walsh is Professor of Religion at Methodist College in Fayettevile, North Carolina, and is the author of Reading the Gospels in the Dark and co-editor with Aichele of Screening Scripture.
"In his stimulating analysis of the development of so-called 'Jesus
movies, ' Richard Walsh manages to blend the fresh insights of
contemporary New Testament investigation with dynamic
social-literary theory in a way that will serve students of the
Bible and media for many years to come!" Clayton N. Jefford,
Professor of Scripture at Saint Meinrad School of Theology, St.
Meinrad, Indiana
"This book has proved an excellent starting point, in that the
reader is presented with (what feels like) every Jesus film
imaginable, and is guided through specially selected ones read
alongside the gospels and Q in detail. And here a warning must be
issued: Walsh's passion for these films is contagious and I find my
collection of Jesus films expanded by 300%. But this is not all.
The reading of the films into and out of the American culture is
also immensely interesting and lays bare aspects of American
self-understanding through a few precise incisions." - The Bible
and Critical Theory, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2005
"Walsh skilfully uses the celluloid Jesuses to comment on the
gospel Jesuses, and the gospel Jesuses to comment on the celluloid
Jesuses. This would be a wonderful textbook for a course on Jesus
and film." Stephen D. Moore, Professor of New Testmanent, The
Theological School, Drew University--Sanford Lakoff
Richard Walsh s monograph is a most welcome addition to the quickly
expanding interdisciplinary field of Bibles and films. It offers
two introductory chapters to bring the reader up to date in the
arena, many helpful observations and thoughts about Jesus and
Christ films, as well as a razor-sharp sketch of the
Americanization of Jesuses in movies . The book is indeed well
structured and well written. It offers many helpful explanations of
details, especially about biblical materials and results of
biblical scholarship . Walsh s always-worthwhile discussion is very
sophisticated, incorporating many insights not only from biblical
and film studies, but also from aesthetics, cultural and literary
studies, and, last but not least, philosophy . Walsh s book,
therefore, seems to be foremost a scholarly work, and a highly
recommended one at that because of its masterful and highly
stimulating discussions of the manifold interconnections between
Gospels and Jesus films. Jan. W. van Henten, Society of Biblical
Literature, September 2004
"His [Walsh's] recognition of critical bias is refreshingly
liberating as he casts his own hermeneutics of suspicion on
imperialist interpretations of these films Writing with a clear,
engaging style, Walsh provides the necessary lights to enable
others to see and create their own meanings on the shrouds of
religious cinema. Recommended." -T. Lindvall, Regent University,
Choice
"Writing with a clear, engaging style, Walsh provides the necessary
lights to enable others to see and crate their own meanings on the
shrouds of religious cinema. Recommended." -Choice
Richard Walsh s new book on Jesus films is a welcome addition to
the fairly rarified field of studies on Bible and film. In an
upper-level course on the terms of content, but also in exposing
literary and cinematic features that often go unnoticed in
introductory texts. Well-written and perceptive. This is quite
simply a must-read for those who work either New Testament or
religion and film. Journal of Religion & Film, September 2004
This discussion brings together Jesus films, the canonical Gospels,
and American culture as partners in conversation. Walsh reveals
insights that all three offer concerning literary and mythical
features found in each as they intersect in the cinematic
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