Mel Gibson's Bible: Religion, Popular Culture, and the Passion of the Christ

by Timothy Beal

Book Overview

The Passion of the Christ was an extraordinary media event. But the film has also, and more importantly, been a religious phenomenon. Mel Gibson's professed intent was to create not just a cinematic experience but a spiritual one. And he has succeeded for many moviegoers, most notably evangelical Christians, of whom millions have embraced the film as a presentation of Holy Scripture, a twenty-first century incarnation of the Word.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226039765
• ISBN13: 9780226039763
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"