God in the Saddle: Silent Western Films as Protestant Sermons
In this paper, I argue that the Protestant middle-class was brought into the cult of silent moving pictures in large measure by the inclusion of religious themes and symbols in a genre of Western films. A remarkable series of films by Gilbert M. Anderson and William S. Hart followed a late nineteent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2008
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 318-344 |
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Protestant
B Western films |
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