Books
Deacy, Christopher. Faith in film: religious themes in contemporary cinema. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Pub., 2005.
This book outlines several movies in which religion can be seen in the final product. It also provides theories and explanations of imagery that will prove useful for some of the arguments that I will later make in my website.
Forbes, Bruce David, and Jeffrey H. Mahan. Religion and popular culture in America. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2000.
This book outlines the emergence of popular culture in many aspects of daily American life. One really beneficial element that it has is an entire section of Christmas specials. This will enable me to gain a better understanding of the historical context in which religion was first introduced into Christmas specials, and to determine whether or not its existence is still relevant.
Lewerenz, Spencer, and Barbara Nicolosi. Behind the screen: Hollywood insiders on faith, film, and culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2005.
This book is entirely about religion in Hollywood. How would Jesus write film? Where is the place for Christian film? Among with many other interesting chapters. This will allow for me gain a better understanding of the topics as well as information for an argument as to what producers are trying to obtain by integrating religion into these specials.
Articles
Dolan, Frances. "Why Are Nuns Funny?." huntington library quarterly70, no. 4 (2007): 509-535.
This article deals with the notion of the recent cultural phenomena of nuns having fun. I will use this article in my research and findings to show the relationship of modern day nuns having fun, and Maria, the original fun nun from the sound of music.Educators.
"Bing Crosby (1901?-1977)." Music Educators Journal 64, no. 7 (1976): 65-57.
This article talks about the original father of Christmas specials, Bing Crosby. I will use this article to describe how religion is show in some of Crosby's work, more specifically White Christmas.
McGreevy, Patrick . "Place in the American Christmas." Geographical Review 80, no. 1 (1990): 33-42.
This article discusses the idea of an American Christmas and how Christmas gets inserted into the main stream. This article will be useful in evaluating how religious ideals shifted into the norm of mainstream American television, in particular Christmas specials.
Pihlström, Sami. "Religion and Pseudo-Religion: An Elusive Boundary." International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 62, no. 1 (2007): 3-32. This article examines the notion between religion and superstition. This article correlates great with my section on the show Community and their episode "Comparative Religion." I will be able to draw great points from this article.
Other
Claborough, Raven. "Arthur Christmas: A Delightful Holiday Film." The New American. http://thenewamerican.com/reviews/movies/9985-arthur-christmas-a-delightful-holiday-film (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site displays the religious themes that were portrayed in the recent Christmas movie Arthur. This site will be beneficial for the page that I create about religion in this film.
"Community "Comparative Religion" Quotes - TV Fanatic." TV Fanatic - The latest news, episode guides, and spoilers from your favorite television shows. http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/shows/community/episodes/comparative-religion/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site was full of quotes that was used throughout Community's episode, "Comparative Religion". This site will be useful for drawing in character quotes when I do my page on Community.
Minow, Nell. "‘Glee’ and ‘Modern Family’ Talk About God - Movie Mom." Beliefnet Voices - Beliefnet.com. http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/10/glee-and-modern-family-talk-ab.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This page demonstrates the religious themes that exist in Modern Family and Glee. This page helps draw in on religion in the show.
Pinsky, Mark I.. "The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons." The Simpsons Archive. http://www.snpp.com/guides/religion.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site demonstrates the religious themes, episodes, and quotes that are used in the Simpsons. This site will help me to draw in on quotes that the Simpsons use in reference to religion.
"Religion: Once More, the Sound of Music - TIME." Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964072,00.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site touches on the role that religion plays in the Sound of Music, in reference to Maria's religious days at the convent and the religious ties that she brings from the convent to the Von Trapp home. This page will be beneficial in respect to talking about the religious norms that Maria entitles on the family.
Taylor, Bron. "TV’s Favorite Family Dumps Religion | Culture | Religion Dispatches." Religion Dispatches. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/3538/tv%E2%80%99s_favorite_family_dumps_religion/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site discusses when religion was brought up in Modern Family. This is a good site for me to look at because it will be good to know the religious themes that already exist in the show before solely looking at just the Christmas special.
Thompson, Damian. "religion in the sound of music - Google Search." Google. http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1RNPN_enCA425CA425&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=religion+in+the+sound+of+music (accessed February 1, 2012).
This page is quite in depth and goes into detail as to why the Sound of Music will rot your family, and how it isn't a good family film. This will be beneficial for my page on the Sound of Music to demonstrate that there are criticisms of films with religious undertones.
VanDerWerff, Todd. " "Comparative Religion" | Community | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club." The A.V. Club . http://www.avclub.com/articles/comparative-religion,36241/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site goes into a description about the Christmas special that Community did. It talks about the different aspects of religion that were touched on. This site will be useful for my page on community because it depicts the various different religious undertones that exist throughout the whole series.Warner, Denise. " Glee Recap: Extraordinary Merry Christmas .
" Hollywood Life . http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/12/13/glee-recap-extraordinary-merry-christmas-season-3-episode-9/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
I have decided to add the Glee Christmas Special into this site. This page talks about the Glee Christmas special that was done and talks about the role that religion played in it. This will help when I do my page critique of the show.
"religion in arthur christmas - Google Search." Google. http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1RNPN_enCA425CA425&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=religion+in+arthur+christmas (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site talks about the various religious themes that are present in the movie Arthur. This site will be helpful for the page that I will create about this movie.
Deacy, Christopher. Faith in film: religious themes in contemporary cinema. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Pub., 2005.
This book outlines several movies in which religion can be seen in the final product. It also provides theories and explanations of imagery that will prove useful for some of the arguments that I will later make in my website.
Forbes, Bruce David, and Jeffrey H. Mahan. Religion and popular culture in America. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2000.
This book outlines the emergence of popular culture in many aspects of daily American life. One really beneficial element that it has is an entire section of Christmas specials. This will enable me to gain a better understanding of the historical context in which religion was first introduced into Christmas specials, and to determine whether or not its existence is still relevant.
Lewerenz, Spencer, and Barbara Nicolosi. Behind the screen: Hollywood insiders on faith, film, and culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2005.
This book is entirely about religion in Hollywood. How would Jesus write film? Where is the place for Christian film? Among with many other interesting chapters. This will allow for me gain a better understanding of the topics as well as information for an argument as to what producers are trying to obtain by integrating religion into these specials.
Articles
Dolan, Frances. "Why Are Nuns Funny?." huntington library quarterly70, no. 4 (2007): 509-535.
This article deals with the notion of the recent cultural phenomena of nuns having fun. I will use this article in my research and findings to show the relationship of modern day nuns having fun, and Maria, the original fun nun from the sound of music.Educators.
"Bing Crosby (1901?-1977)." Music Educators Journal 64, no. 7 (1976): 65-57.
This article talks about the original father of Christmas specials, Bing Crosby. I will use this article to describe how religion is show in some of Crosby's work, more specifically White Christmas.
McGreevy, Patrick . "Place in the American Christmas." Geographical Review 80, no. 1 (1990): 33-42.
This article discusses the idea of an American Christmas and how Christmas gets inserted into the main stream. This article will be useful in evaluating how religious ideals shifted into the norm of mainstream American television, in particular Christmas specials.
Pihlström, Sami. "Religion and Pseudo-Religion: An Elusive Boundary." International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 62, no. 1 (2007): 3-32. This article examines the notion between religion and superstition. This article correlates great with my section on the show Community and their episode "Comparative Religion." I will be able to draw great points from this article.
Other
Claborough, Raven. "Arthur Christmas: A Delightful Holiday Film." The New American. http://thenewamerican.com/reviews/movies/9985-arthur-christmas-a-delightful-holiday-film (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site displays the religious themes that were portrayed in the recent Christmas movie Arthur. This site will be beneficial for the page that I create about religion in this film.
"Community "Comparative Religion" Quotes - TV Fanatic." TV Fanatic - The latest news, episode guides, and spoilers from your favorite television shows. http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/shows/community/episodes/comparative-religion/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site was full of quotes that was used throughout Community's episode, "Comparative Religion". This site will be useful for drawing in character quotes when I do my page on Community.
Minow, Nell. "‘Glee’ and ‘Modern Family’ Talk About God - Movie Mom." Beliefnet Voices - Beliefnet.com. http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/10/glee-and-modern-family-talk-ab.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This page demonstrates the religious themes that exist in Modern Family and Glee. This page helps draw in on religion in the show.
Pinsky, Mark I.. "The Simpsons Archive: Religion on the Simpsons." The Simpsons Archive. http://www.snpp.com/guides/religion.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site demonstrates the religious themes, episodes, and quotes that are used in the Simpsons. This site will help me to draw in on quotes that the Simpsons use in reference to religion.
"Religion: Once More, the Sound of Music - TIME." Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964072,00.html (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site touches on the role that religion plays in the Sound of Music, in reference to Maria's religious days at the convent and the religious ties that she brings from the convent to the Von Trapp home. This page will be beneficial in respect to talking about the religious norms that Maria entitles on the family.
Taylor, Bron. "TV’s Favorite Family Dumps Religion | Culture | Religion Dispatches." Religion Dispatches. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/3538/tv%E2%80%99s_favorite_family_dumps_religion/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site discusses when religion was brought up in Modern Family. This is a good site for me to look at because it will be good to know the religious themes that already exist in the show before solely looking at just the Christmas special.
Thompson, Damian. "religion in the sound of music - Google Search." Google. http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1RNPN_enCA425CA425&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=religion+in+the+sound+of+music (accessed February 1, 2012).
This page is quite in depth and goes into detail as to why the Sound of Music will rot your family, and how it isn't a good family film. This will be beneficial for my page on the Sound of Music to demonstrate that there are criticisms of films with religious undertones.
VanDerWerff, Todd. " "Comparative Religion" | Community | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club." The A.V. Club . http://www.avclub.com/articles/comparative-religion,36241/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site goes into a description about the Christmas special that Community did. It talks about the different aspects of religion that were touched on. This site will be useful for my page on community because it depicts the various different religious undertones that exist throughout the whole series.Warner, Denise. " Glee Recap: Extraordinary Merry Christmas .
" Hollywood Life . http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/12/13/glee-recap-extraordinary-merry-christmas-season-3-episode-9/ (accessed February 1, 2012).
I have decided to add the Glee Christmas Special into this site. This page talks about the Glee Christmas special that was done and talks about the role that religion played in it. This will help when I do my page critique of the show.
"religion in arthur christmas - Google Search." Google. http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1RNPN_enCA425CA425&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=religion+in+arthur+christmas (accessed February 1, 2012).
This site talks about the various religious themes that are present in the movie Arthur. This site will be helpful for the page that I will create about this movie.