Screen Jesus : portrayals of Christ in television and film /
Peter Malone.
- Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.
- xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Maggie Roux -- Introducing the theme -- The Jesus figure -- Biblical portraits of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the early 20th century -- The Jesus films: the 1920s and Cecil B. De Mille -- The Jesus films: Jesus' absence from the mainstream: the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s' evangelical Jesus-figures -- The Jesus films: mainstream images -- The Jesus films: the 1960s -- The Jesus films: the 1970s -- The Jesus films: the 1980s -- The Jesus films: cinema freedom and images of Jesus -- The Jesus films: the 1990s -- The Jesus films: the 21st century -- The Jesus films: Jesus in our world today -- The Jesus films: verbal Jesus-figures -- Interest in Jesus and film beyond Christianity -- The reverent/serious and the bizarre.