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MARCH
21, 2005
FAITH AND FILM
New movies blend religious and moral themes
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• John
Michalczyk, documentary filmmaker and co-director of film studies at Boston
College, is interested in the intersection of politics and religions during
conflict. He has filmed documentaries on conflict resolution in Bosnia and Croatia,
South Africa, Jerusalem and Northern Ireland; Jews, Christians and the Holocaust;
Nazi medicine; Boston's Jews and Irish; and the dilemma of interfaith holidays.
Contact 617-552-3895, john.michalczyk@bc.edu.
• Bryan
Stone, Boston University school of theology evangelism professor, teaches
a course on faith and film that presents movies as a window to understanding
and communicating the Christian faith in contemporary culture. Contact 617-353-2456,
bpstone@bu.edu (on sabbatical spring semester).
• Omer
Bartov, Brown University professor of European history, is the author of
The "Jew" in Cinema: From the Golem to Don't Touch My Holocaust
(Indiana University Press, 2005). The book looks at how stereotypical portrayals
of the "Jew" have informed European, American and Israeli cinema since
the 1920s. Contact 401-863-1375, Omer_Bartov@brown.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• M.
Gail Hamner, Syracuse University religion professor, specializes in religion
and culture, with an emphasis on film. Contact 315-443-5716, mghamner@syr.edu.
• Erin Runions, theology professor at St. Bonaventure University in St.
Bonaventure, N.Y., has written about the connections between Scripture and film.
Contact 716-375-2077, erunions@sbu.edu.
• Bjorn Krondorfer, professor of religious studies at St. Mary's College
of Maryland, teaches a course on religion and film. Contact 240-895-4219, bhkrondorfer@smcm.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
• Robert
D. Benne, director of the Center for Religion and Society at Roanoke College
in Salem, Va., has written about visions of life through film. Contact 540-375-2378,
benne@roanoke.edu.
• Conrad Ostwalt is professor of religion at Appalachian State University
in Boone, N.C. He co-edited a book with Joel Martin, Screening the Sacred:
Religion, Myth and Ideology in Popular American Film (Westview Press, 1995).
Contact 828-262-3089, ostwaltc@appstate.edu.
• Richard Walsh, professor of religion at Methodist College in Fayetteville,
N.C., writes about portrayals of Jesus in film. He says there have always been
implicitly Christian movies because the Christian narrative and vision of life
is so deeply ingrained. Contact 910-630-7077, rwalsh@methodist.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• John R. May, professor of English and religious studies at Louisiana
State University, has written about Hollywood and religion at the Millennium,
contemporary theories on the interpretation of religious film and religious
visions in American classics. Contact 225-578-3129, jmay2@lsu.edu.
• Theodore L. Trost, University of Alabama American religions professor,
teaches a course about religious themes and rituals in popular film. Contact
205-348-7534, ttrost@bama.ua.edu.
• Frances Flannery-Dailey, professor of religion at Hendrix College in
Conway, Ark., teaches a course on religion and film and has presented numerous
papers on the subject. Contact 501-450-1445, dailey@hendrix.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• The Rev. Richard C. Stern, homiletics professor at St. Meinrad School
of Theology in St. Meinrad, Ind., is co-author of the book Savior on the
Silver Screen (Paulist Press, 1999). Contact 812-357-6611, Rstern@saintmeinrad.edu.
• Roy M. Anker, professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
Mich., is the author of Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies
(Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004). He says it's a mistake to think that religious means
proselytizing rather than paying attention to humanity as it tries to get a
clear grasp on the divine. Contact 616-526-6530, anker@calvin.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• Gregory A. Robbins, University of Denver religious studies professor,
has taught the course "Jesus on the Silver Screen." Contact 303-861-0723,
grobbins@du.edu.
• Esther Fuchs, University of Arizona professor of Judaic studies, has
written about women in Holocaust films. Contact 520-626-5745, fuchs@email.arizona.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Richard
Hecht, religious studies professor at University of California, Santa Barbara,
teaches a course about religious themes in American films. Contact 805-893-4552,
ariel@religion.ucsb.edu.
• Amir Hussain, professor of religious studies at California State University,
Northridge, teaches on religion and film. Contact 818-677-2741, amir.hussain@csun.edu.
• Paul V.M. Flesher, University of Wyoming professor of religious studies,
team-teaches a course on religion and film. Contact 307-766-2616, pflesher@uwyo.edu.
• Andrew
Flescher, religion professor at California State University, Chico, teaches
a course in religion and film that looks at religion and self in contemporary
American society; religion, redemption and recovery; and religion and ethnicity.
Contact 530-898-5534, aflescher@csuchico.edu.
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