Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2015
Journal
St Mark’s Review: A Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion
Volume Number
231
Issue Number
1
Page Numbers
48-57
ISSN
0036-3103
Embargo Period
4-29-2015
ANZSRC / FoR Code
190201 Cinema Studies| 190204 Film and Television| 200212 Screen and Media Culture| 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)| 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)
Avondale Research Centre
Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
Reportable Items (HERDC/ERA)
C1
Peer Review
Before publication
Abstract
This article explores the (non)relationship between religion and the Anzac story in Australian cinema and television dramas. It draws parallels between the absence of religious discussion in written literature and popular memory and the same absences in Anzac cinema. Anzac cinema has idealised and glorified the Anzac soldier, relocating spirituality from a religious force to a secular nationalism. The rare productions that show an engagement between religion and Anzac portray religion as a spent force in comparison to the new spirit of secular Anzac.
Recommended Citation
Reynaud, D. (2015). Religion and the Anzac legend on screen. St Mark’s Review: A Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion, 231(1), 48-57.
Comments
Used by permission: St Mark's National Theological Centre
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