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RLST172 PO - The Bible Goes to Hollywood: Ideological Afterlives of Scripture

When Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Credit: 1

Course examines how popular film both takes up and modifies biblical content and symbolism, and to what end. In learning to interpret biblical allusions, subtexts and narrative in film, we will consider how the Bible is used to uphold, as well as to critique, power relations within U.S. American society. (HRT II, CWS)
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3



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