Spatial trajectories, theories, and topoi in the study of religion and film

• Main Author: NG, Teng-kuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Material religion; Media production and reception; Religion and film; Secularism; World cinema; Film and Media Studies; Religion
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/236; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1235/viewcontent/Ng___Spatial_Trajectories__Theories__and_Topoi_in_the_Study_of_Religion_and_Film.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter explores the correlations between religion and film studies and the geographies of religion. Using perspectives from the latter to foreground overlooked aspects of the former, I argue that investigations of the religious problematic via film are productively enriched when refocused on t...