Lights! camera! sermon!: Additional research notes on sacred servant categories within the popular cinema

Anton Karl Kozlovic had previously provided a taxonomic survey of Judeo-Christian sacred servants (e.g., priests, nuns, ministers) that covered eight thematic categories of the mundane holy. Using textually based humanist film criticism as the analytical lens, the critical religion-and-film literature was revisited and the popular cinema scanned to reveal an additional eleven thematic categories. These were documented and explicated herein, including copious film examples with associated character, actor, director and release date details. It was concluded that the field of sacred servants is a relatively neglected area of contemporary screen culture, but one that is illuminating, complex and increasingly vital to our understanding of institutional religion today. Further research into the exciting religious sub-genre of the mundane holy and the emerging field of religion-and-film was recommended.