Bibliography

Books:

Giroux, Henry A. and Grace Pollock. "The Mouse That Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence." Lanham, Maryland: Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc, 2010. Print.

This book takes a look at one of the world's most influential corporations. It discusses the ways in which Disney has shaped certain images of public memory and how it has produced children as consuming subjects. This source will help to demonstrate my argument that Disney films contain religious themes. For instance, this books shows how Disney appears to be innocent in its entertainment, while simultaneously influencing consumers with its religious parallels.

Pinksy, Mark . The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust. Louisville: Westminsiter John Knox Press, 2004. Print.

This book offers an overview of the relationship between religion and Disney. Pinsky explores the role that Disney has played in the moral, spiritual, and religious development of children. This source is particularly useful to me because it explores the moral and religious themes and symbolism in The Lion King and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Ferraiuolo, Perucci “Disney and the Bible: A Scriptural Critique of the Magic Kingdom.” Camp Hill, Pennsylvania: Horizon Books, 1996. Print.

This book documents Disney’s trends, tendencies, policies, and, agenda in relation to the Bible. This source will help me explain why Disney plants underlying religious themes in their films.

Articles:

Arnal, William. "The Segregation Of Social Desire: 'Religion' And Disney World." Journal Of The American Academy Of Religion 69.1 (2001): 1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Feb. 2015.

This article compares Disney’s construction of “fantasy” with the generation of “religion” as a category. This article presents information that came out of a conference that was held in Orlando. This article is useful to my webpage as it provides further background information on the relationship of Disney and religion.

Warren, Patricia Nell. "King Of Beasts: Manipulation Of The Lion Symbol By Patriarchal Culture." Mythosphere 2.1 (2000): 73. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Feb. 2015.

This article examines the symbolic meanings of “lions” to patriarchal cultures of human civilization around the world. I am using this source to discuss the symbolism of lions and its biblical implications in The Lion King.

Laderman, Gary. "The Disney Way Of Death." Journal Of The American Academy Of Religion 68.1 (2000): 27. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Feb. 2015.

This article analyzes the cultural productions of producer Walt Disney in relation to cultural history, religious life, and history of death in the United States. It discusses an Disney’s apparent obsession with death. Mufasa's death in The Lion King plays a significant role in the film. This article will strengthen my discussion on the theme of death and resurrection.

Byrne, Eleanor and Martin McQuillan, "You Can't Lionize the Lion:Racing Disney," in Deconstructing Disney. London/Sterling, Virgina: Pluto Press, 1999,94-105.

This article examines racism. Many people hold the assumption that many of the evil characters in Disney films represent other races. I will use this article to argue that evil characters are not representative of other races, rather they represent evil biblical characters such as “Satan.”

Ward, Analee. R. "The Lion King's Mythic Narrative: Disney as Moral Educator." Journal of Popular Film and Television 23.4 (2010): 171-178. Print.

This article explores the role Disney plays in popular culture and its role in influencing the morals of its consumers. This article talks about The Lion King which will be useful to my webpage.

Internet Sources:

Wong, Vicky , and University Waterloo. "Deconstructing Walt Disney's The Lion King." Kinema 1 (1993). Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

<http://www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca/article.php?id=210&feature>

I found this article particularly useful for my webpage because it does an excellent job at analyzing the main characters of The Lion King. This article will help my comparison of the film’s characters to biblical characters.

"The Lion King (1994) - Quotes - IMDb." IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Feb. 2015.

<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_3>

This source has provided me with useful quotes from The Lion King that I will use to demonstrate various arguments. I will also use the quotes from this to dress up my webpage.

Kjos, Berit. "The Spirit Behind the Lion King.” Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

<http://www.crossroad.to/text/articles/tsbtlk96.html>

This source is useful to my webpage as it provides many examples in which scenes from The Lion King can be seen as direct biblical parallels. This site contains a table that presents comparisons between scenarios in the film to biblical instances. I will be using many examples from this table to argue my case.

Kun, Kai. "Themes and Symbols in The Lion King" (2009). Web. 5 Feb. 2015.

<http://kai-kun1.deviantart.com/art/Themes-Symbols-in-Lion-King-124639686>

This source examines the religious themes that are present within The Lion King. Specifically, it discusses the symbolic representation of God and Hell in the film. Much of my argument focuses on symbolism so this source proves to be beneficial in strengthening this portion of my webpage.

Mignolo, A. “Christianity and the Lion King, how much do we socialize our children?” Web. 6 Feb. 2015.

<http://loveandlichen.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/religion-lion-king/>

This website talks about the values within The Lion King and how these values are intertwined in religion. This site draws comparisons between Mufasa and God, Simba and Jesus, and Scar and the snake in the garden of Eden. Part of my argument involves discussing the biblical character symbolism present in The Lion King.

Rahn, Michelle. “Symbolism in Snow White.” Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

<http://ezinearticles.com/?Symbolism-In-Snow-White&id=1181570>

This source examines the symbolism present in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This source has provided me with many examples that I will discuss in my webpage project that will help solidify my argument.

Priebe, Ken. “Snow White.” Web. 4 Feb. 2015.

<http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/disney_snow_white.htm>

This source helps demonstrate the biblical narrative parallels present in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It has provided me with examples from the bible that are comparable to scenes in the film.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdBV7LTd07g>

This Youtube video demonstrates my comparison of Mufasa to a God-like figure, appearing in the sky.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0fReuRs890>

This Youtube video is the trailer for The Lion King that I will use to dress up my webpage. It also gives a brief synopsis of the film.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMKymAOy1I>

This Youtube video is the trailer for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that I will use to dress up my webpage. It also gives a brief synopsis of the film.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGtJn-L5xEs>

This Youtube video shows the death of Mufasa.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96vvSvdl5BU>

This Youtube video shows Snow White's resurrection.

Heys, Erin. “Religion and Snow White.” Web. 26 Feb. 2015.

<http://religionandsnowwhite.webs.com>

This website helps to solidify my arguement of making a comparison to the symbolic significance of the number seven in SNow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the seven deadly sins in Christianity.

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Quotes - IMDb.” IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2015.

< http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/quotes?ref_=tt_ql_3>

This source has provided me with useful quotes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that I will use to demonstrate various arguments. I will also use the quotes from this to dress up my webpage.

Wood, George. “Self-Sacrificial Love (1 John 3:16-18)” Web. 3 Mar. 2015.

<http://georgepwood.com/2007/03/09/self-sacrificial-love-1-john-316-18/>

This source has provided me with various biblical passages.