The Holy Family and Its Legacy: Religious Imagination from the Gospels to Star Wars

by Albrecht Koschorke

Why do biblical themes continue to have such an impact on the popular imagination? Why do Mary-like mothers and Jesus-like sons play such a prominent role not only in the late Middle Ages and the Reformation but also in the Enlightenment; the nineteenth century, with its faith in science; and even our time, in such movies as The Terminator and the Star Wars saga--to the extent that we can count them among Western society's leading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231127561
• ISBN13: 9780231127561
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher