TY - BOOK ID - 8484795 TI - Catholics in the movies PY - 2008 SN - 9780195306576 0195306570 9780195306569 0195306562 9786611163235 0198041845 1281163236 1435617878 9780198041849 9781435617872 9781281163233 6611163239 0190294418 PB - Oxford New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Catholics in motion pictures. KW - 791.43:2 KW - Motion pictures KW - Film en religie. Film en godsdienst KW - Catholic Church KW - -Church of Rome KW - Roman Catholic Church KW - Katholische Kirche KW - Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva KW - Römisch-Katholische Kirche KW - Römische Kirche KW - Ecclesia Catholica KW - Eglise catholique KW - Eglise catholique-romaine KW - Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ KW - Chiesa cattolica KW - Iglesia Católica KW - Kościół Katolicki KW - Katolicki Kościół KW - Kościół Rzymskokatolicki KW - Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai KW - Katholikē Ekklēsia KW - Gereja Katolik KW - Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit KW - Kanisa Katoliki KW - כנסיה הקתולית KW - כנסייה הקתולית KW - 가톨릭교 KW - 천주교 KW - In motion pictures. KW - -In motion pictures. KW - 791.43:2 Film en religie. Film en godsdienst KW - Catholics in motion pictures KW - Church of Rome UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8484795 AB - Catholicism was all over movie screens in 2004. Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ was at the center of a media firestorm for months. A priest was a crucial character in the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby. Everyone, it seemed, was talking about how religious stories should be represented, marketed, and received. Catholic characters, spaces, and rituals have been stock features in popular films since the silent era. An intensely visual religion with a well-defined ritual and authority system, Catholicism lends itself to the drama and pageantry of film. Moviegoers watch as Catholic ER -