Forging an open-minded but reasoned dialogue between nine acclaimed titles of world cinema and a range of theological perspectives that touch on the theme of human experience World Cinema Theology and the Human offers fresh portals of insight for the interdisciplinary area of Theology and Film. In Sisonâs approach it is the cinematic representation of vivid humanity not necessarily propositional statements about God and religion that lays down a bridge to a conversation with theology. Thus the bookâs project is to look for the divine presence written not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts depicted on screen by way of audiovisual language. Seeking to redress the interdisciplineâs narrow predilection for Hollywood blockbusters the book casts its net wider to include a culturally diverse selection of case studiesâ from festival gems such as Singaporeâs Be With Me and South Africaâs Yesterday to widely-acclaimed sleeper hits such as Britainâs Slumdog Millionaire and New Zealandâs Whale Rider. The book will appeal to scholars of theology and religious/cultural studies interested in the Theology/Religion-Film interface and because of its commitment to an examination of film qua film a crossover readership from film studies. . Language: English