October
Call for Papers Now Available!
The Call for Papers for the 2027 International Conference on Religion & Film is now available in the link provided in the left sidebar of this page.The conference will take place at University of Nebraska Omaha from May 19-21, 2027. Paper proposals may be submitted up to Feb. 10, and decisions on acceptances will be announced March 1.
We will soon be sharing information on how to access the conference website, which will include information about registration and housing.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Omaha!
John Lyden, Editor
Articles
A Metaphorical Passage to God: Simone Weil and Robert Bresson
V. G. Voigt Hogg PhD
Piercing the Veil in Sinners: Theological Insights from the Juke Joint
Antonio D. Sison CPPS
Misread Before Being Known: Race, Religion, and Institutional Non-Inquiry in Abrogation
Franklin Livingston
Making Meaning: Free Will and The Meaning of Life in Barbie
Bertha A. Manninen Ph.D.
Nothing Is as It Should Be: Estrangement, Threshold-Crossings, and Cosmic Struggle in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and Lost Highway
Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson
Book Reviews
A Poetic History: Islamic and Japanese Parallels in Film
Joshua Polanski
Shoah: BFI Film Classics
Matthew Page
Film Reviews
Unidentified
Candace Mixon
Disclosure Day
Christian Wilken
Toronto International Film Festival Reviews
Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story
Sherry Coman
Closing Night
Sherry Coman
Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been
Ken Derry