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Article: The Hidden God: Film and Faith.(Book Review)
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- September 22, 2004
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The Hidden God: Film and Faith Edited by Mary Lea Bandy and Antonio Monda. New York: The Museum of Modern Art (Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by D.A.P.), 2003. 300 pp., illus. Paperback: $24.95,
Conventional wisdom says that the only kind of religious fervor you get by going to the movies is sacrilegious. And many would cite Mel Gibson's recent effort to the contrary as an object lesson, rather than a rebuttal. In The Hidden God: Film and Faith, editors Mary Lea Bandy and Antonio Monda do their best to set conventional wisdom on its head, collecting essays on religion as "reflected through a glass, darkly" in the movies. The result is a fascinating, ...