Framing the sacred: an analysis of religious films in Zimbabwe
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Mitchell, Jolyon
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Stanley, Brian
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Shreve, Adam Terrence
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2017-05-16T13:39:59Z
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2017-05-16T13:39:59Z
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2016-06-25
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This is a study of the production, content, distribution, and reception of
different religious films in Zimbabwe, with an emphasis on the audience’s initial
reception of the films. Informants’ self-identified religious beliefs and their reception of
these selected films are analyzed primarily by using qualitative methods to understand
better the interplay between film and religion in Zimbabwe. The films studied in this
research are The Jesus Film (1979) created by Campus Crusade for Christ and indigenous,
short Jesus films created locally in Zimbabwe in 2012.
In order to answer the central research questions of this study, two main
approaches are employed: the first is a holistic approach to the analysis of these films.
The primary question within this approach is: in what ways do the production, content,
and distribution of The Jesus Film and indigenous, short Jesus films affect the reception
of the films among informants in Zimbabwe today?
The second approach specifically addresses the interchange between the
audience members’ self-identified religious beliefs and their reception of the films.
There are two central research questions within this approach. First, in what ways may
pre-existing perceptions of Jesus shape informants’ responses to and interpretations of
Jesus as he is portrayed in The Jesus Film and in indigenous, short Jesus films in
Zimbabwe today? Secondly, how might the viewing of these films affect those
perceptions of Jesus? Based upon the careful analysis of the original data that emerges
from the field work of this research, the conclusion provides a series of answers to these
questions, revealing new insights into the interplay of film and religion in Zimbabwe.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22006
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The University of Edinburgh
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Shreve, Adam T., "Religious Films in Zimbabwean Contexts: Film Reception Concerning Representations of Jesus." International Journal of Public Theology 9, no. 2 (2015): 193-211.
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film
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postcolonial
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Africa
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Zimbabwe
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indigenous
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religion
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Jesus film
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Framing the sacred: an analysis of religious films in Zimbabwe
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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