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Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: Kozlovic2002 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "Superman", Adaptation, Film adaptation, Religion, Superhero, USA Creators: Kozlovic Collection: Journal of Religion and Film |
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Abstract |
Holy subtexts abound within the popular cinema. Superman: The Movie (1978) and Superman II (1981) were examined as a protracted secular analogue of the Jesus story. The literature was reviewed and twenty Superman-Jesus parallels plus eight Christic personalistic traits were explicated. It was concluded that Superman is not only a legitimate Christ-figure, but the American pop culture movie Messiah.
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