Luminous: The Spiritual Life on Film

Synopsis

This Book Explores Different Aspects Of The Spiritual Life As Projected In Nearly 300 Movies, Of Which 60 Are Essential Viewing. A Dozen Themes Have Been Identified In Which To Group Them. Two Types Of Film Were Excluded: Escapist Fantasy And The Religious Costume Drama. The Final Selection Are Films Of Highly Serious Intent-- Spiritual Aesthetics, Nature And The Romantic -- The Esoteric, The New Age And Neoplatonism -- Dying, Suicide And Bereavement -- Ghosts, Angels And The Afterlife -- Reincarnation And Resurrection -- Spiritual Chaos And Rubber Reality -- Wisdom, Teachers And Disciples -- Priests, Monks, Nuns And Spiritual Community -- Spiritual Practice, Discipline And The Martial Arts -- Violence, Compassion, Forgiveness And Atonement -- East Vs. West -- Secular Vs. Spiritual -- Conclusions: A Luminous Cinema Of The Spirit. Mike King ; Foreword By Linus Roache. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.