Cinéma, religion et spiritualité : actualité de la recherche

Since its origins, both religious and spiritual dimensions are present in the cinema, an artform that by its very nature contains latent or even obvious religious characteristics. But curiously, until recently, few researchers had investigated this field. However, since the 1990s, a huge surge of interest in religion and film studies can be discerned. This article aims to give an overview of the most significant works that have been published on the subject internationally in the last years. The first part is devoted to publications by Catholic theologians on cinema (from France, Italy and Germany). The second part deals with books emanating from research in the Anglo-Saxon world, among authors originating either from non-theological social sciences or from non-Catholic theology. This article is the outcome of joint efforts of two researchers in both disciplines: theology and film studies. It grows out of a need for an interdisciplinary approach to this rich and promising field.