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The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era Phil Maciak
The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era
Phil Maciak
Phillip Maciak examines filmic depictions of Jesus to argue that cinema developed as a model technology of secularism, training viewers for belief in a secular age. Cinematic depictions of an appearing and disappearing Christ became a powerful vehicle for Americans to navigate a rapidly modernizing society.
264 pages, 37 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 27, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231187084 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 19 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |