"Someday our gods will be friends.": The VIKINGS series as Embodiment of Religion and Liquefaction of Meaning
This article reflects on the recent tv-series ‘Vikings’ from a practical-theological perspective. We deal with the series as a serious expression of the relationship between film and religion. The narrative, reception, style and context are used to present deliberate themes regarding clashes of paga...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
[2020]
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-126 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vikings (Television program)
/ Religion
/ Meaning
/ Ambiguity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Vikings
B Film as Embodiment of Religion B Practical Theology B film and theology B TV series B Liquefaction of Religion |
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| Summary: | This article reflects on the recent tv-series ‘Vikings’ from a practical-theological perspective. We deal with the series as a serious expression of the relationship between film and religion. The narrative, reception, style and context are used to present deliberate themes regarding clashes of pagan religion and Christianity. It is contended that the way a series like ‘Vikings’ has been developed and constructed, operates within the perspective of a liquefaction of religion. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.06:2020.1.6 |