The Relationship of Film and Theology in the Context of Theological Education in Asia: An Adventistt Perspective

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  • Nestor Rilloma Manila Adventist College

Abstract

Film is becoming an important art form. Studies on the relationship between film and theology have become a growing discipline. Film and its religious significance need to be further recognized as a valid means to understand and interpret society’s particular concerns and beliefs. Clearly enough, theology needs to address these same possibilities. There is of course, a need to further examine the force of film in the light of its potential to serve as an avenue for religious experience and insights. This essay stressed the value of exploring the relationship between film and theology as a means of understanding and interpreting religious experiences and in contextualizing theological education in Asia.
This essay argues that film can become an important source for doing theology as a people continue to search for fresher perception and articulation of their understanding of God as processed through the text of filmic expression. In three ways, this argument is developed: (1) Film can be a repository of religious contents, beliefs and understanding of given culture or society; (2) Film affects our religiosity as a people in that its narrative schema contains elements that are religious in nature. Art reflects the deeper structures with the human heart; and (3) Film in itself becomes the avenue for religious experience and divulges a religious dimension.
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2016-01-01

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Rilloma, N. (2016). The Relationship of Film and Theology in the Context of Theological Education in Asia: An Adventistt Perspective. Jurnal Padegogik, 1(1), 1-7. Retrieved from https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/jpd/article/view/246

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS CONFERENCE

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