Narrative and Experiment, Religion and Politics in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life
While most interpretations of Terrence Malick's 2011 The Tree of Life concentrate on the film's theological resonances, I focus here on The Tree of Life's political vision. I locate this vision in the fraught relationship between two influential strands of American religio-political t...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
[2019]
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Journal for religion, film and media
Jahr: 2019, Band: 5, Heft: 2, Seiten: 167-185 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
The tree of life (Film)
/ Politische Ästhetik
/ Theologie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik CD Christentum und Kultur KBQ Nordamerika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Augustinian Theology
B Ralph Waldo Emerson B Religion B Politics B THE TREE OF LIFE B Terrence Malick |
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| Zusammenfassung: | While most interpretations of Terrence Malick's 2011 The Tree of Life concentrate on the film's theological resonances, I focus here on The Tree of Life's political vision. I locate this vision in the fraught relationship between two influential strands of American religio-political thought, Augustinianism and Emersonianism. The Tree of Life's theological concerns are undoubtedly Augustinian, yet it takes up a similar radical politics as what Emerson did in his best-known essays. The result, I argue, is a cinema of religio-political possibility with important implications for a potential rapproachment between religionists (namely evangelical Christians) and secularists, particularly on the topic of environmental conservation and sustainability. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.05:2019.2.9 |