Embodying transcendence: on the literal, the material, and the cinematic sublime

This essay looks at the phenomenological relation between immanence and transcendence, the material and the immaterial, in films focused on "spiritual" or "religious" subject matter and themes. These films employ a variety of cinematic strategies meant not only to represent but a...

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Main Author: Sobchack, Vivian 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2008]
In: Material religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-203
Further subjects:B synaesthesia
B Materiality
B Transcendence
B figuration
B Literalism
B Embodiment
B Immanence
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