Narrative and Experiment, Religion and Politics in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Journal for Religion, Film and Media

While most interpretations of Terrence Malick's 2011 The Tree of Life concentrate on the film's theological resonances, I focus here on The Tree of Life's political vision. I locate this vision in the fraught relationship between two influential strands of American religio-political t...

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Main Author: Russell C. Powell (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Schüren Verlag 2019
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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