About the Course
This film series is free and open to the community. Seating begins each Monday night at 6:30pm, followed by the screening at 7pm. The Cinema and Religion course is built around 12 specific themes repeatedly found in our cultures cinematic narratives. Each week, the class examines a different film specifically selected as an outstanding artifact of that theme.
To register for the free course and to reserve a seat at any or all of the screenings, contact cinema@concordia.edu . Community learners have no assignments or attendance requirements, and no college credit is awarded for the informal course.
Spring 2017
This spring, the film series takes place every Monday at 6:30pm, from Jan. 23 through April 10, at the Moviehouse Eatery in Austin. Dr. Jake Youmans will hold a short discussion about the hidden themes in that night's film after analyzing each movie.
Here is this semester's schedule:
| Date | Theme | Film |
| 2/20 | Can one expect to live a full and meaningful life? | "Birdman" |
| 2/27 | Can God's law be emancipating? | "Dead Poets Society" |
| 3/6 | How patient is God's love? | "Anna Karenina" |
| 2/15 | Is technology a goddess? | "Her" |
| 3/20 | What is the Christian's place in the world? | "Blue Like Jazz" |
| 3/27 | How does one pay the wages of sin? | "Se7ven" |
| 4/3 | Why does the creation rebel against the creator? | "Ex-Machina" |
| 4/10 | Who protects you from evil? | "Guardians of the Galaxy" |