John Lyden became editor of the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Journal of Religion and Film in 2011. He was professor of religion at Dana College from 1991-2010 and is now director of the Liberal Arts Core at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. Lyden is the author of Film as Religion: Myths, Morals and Rituals and editor of The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film. He says that any popular film that affects people’s understanding of war, life and death is arguably religious. Movies, he says, can function religiously, providing a ritualized form of “meaning-making activity” through stories that express values and beliefs about the world.
| Website | https://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/AuthorBiosPhotos/lydenbio.htm |
| Email address | johnclyden@gmail.com |
| Phone number | 515-263-6015 |
| Categories | Arts, Beliefs & practices, Death, Media, Society & culture |
| Locations | Iowa, Nebraska, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Christianity |
| Languages | English |