Of Anti-Semitism, Romans de Sade, and Celluloid Christianity: The Cases For and Against Gibson's Passion
Although enormously successful at the box office and popular among most traditional Christians, Mel Gibson's feature film The Passion of the Christ also proved highly controversial due to its graphic violence, interpretation of scripture, and especially Gibson's depiction of Jewish charact...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2005]
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Journal of media and religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 251-268 |
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| Summary: | Although enormously successful at the box office and popular among most traditional Christians, Mel Gibson's feature film The Passion of the Christ also proved highly controversial due to its graphic violence, interpretation of scripture, and especially Gibson's depiction of Jewish characters. Indeed the allegations of anti-Semitism against the film and against Gibson are impetus for this research. A detailed empirical inspection of The Passion of the Christ compares the images of and dialogue by Jews, Romans, believers in Jesus, and others with a shot-by-shot analysis to assess whether the film or Gibson might be said to be anti-Semitic. Consideration of Nietzsche's (1901/1967) perspectivism, Goffman's (1974) framing, and the ethics of distribution and representation inform the analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15328415jmr0404_3 |