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2011

Amarasingam, Amarnath (2011). "Jesus in Hyperreality: Baudrillard and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". In DeRosa, Robin (ed.). Simulation in Media and Culture: Believing the Hype. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-6477-8.
King, Neal (2011). The Passion of the Christ. Controversies. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-29434-9.

2010

Christianson, Eric; Partridge, Christopher, eds. (2010). Holy Terror: Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture. Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84553-359-5. (several chapters cover the film)
Griffiths, Alison (2010). "The Monstrous Epic: Deciphering Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". In Burgoyne, Robert (ed.). The Epic Film in World Culture. AFI Film Readers. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-99017-2.
Lawler, James (2010). "Faith with Reason: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". The God Tube: Uncovering the Hidden Spiritual Message in Pop Culture. Open Court. ISBN 978-0-8126-9648-6.
Maddux, Kristy (2010). "Violent, Suffering, and Feminine Submission: The Passion of the Christ". The Faithful Citizen: Popular Christian Media and Gendered Civic Identities. Studies in Rhetoric & Religion. Baylor University Press. pp. 57–86. ISBN 978-1-60258-253-8.
Walsh, Fintan (2010). "Sacrificial Masculinity in The Passion of the Christ". Male Trouble: Masculinity and The Performance of Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-57969-9.

2009

Davis, Stephen T. (2009). "Holocaust Theology and The Passion of the Christ". Disputed Issues: Contending for Christian Faith in Today's Academic Setting. Baylor University Press. pp. 105–120. ISBN 978-1-60258-151-7.
Grace, Pamela (2009). "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and The Passion of the Christ (2004): The Sacrificial Hagiopic". The Religious Film: Christianity and the Hagiopic. New Approaches to Film Genre. Wiley–Blackwell. pp. 138–156. ISBN 978-1-4051-6025-4.
Greven, David (2009). "The Devil wears abjection: The Passion of the Christ". Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71987-3.
Hammer, Rhonda; Kellner, Douglas (2009). "The Gospel according to Mel Gibson: Critical reflections on The Passion of the Christ". In Steinberg, Shirley R.; Kincheloe, Joe L. (eds.). Christotainment: Selling Jesus through Popular Culture. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-4405-8.
Leitch, Thomas (2009). Film Adaptation and Its Discontents: From Gone with the Wind to The Passion of the Christ. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9271-4.
Stanbury, Sarah (2009). "Pathos and politics: Nicholas Love's Mirror and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". In Lane, Evelyn Staudinger; Pastan, Elizabeth Carson; Shortell, Ellen M. (eds.). The Four Modes of Seeing: Approaches to medieval imagery in honor of Madeline Harrison Caviness. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6010-1.
Streete, Adrian (2009). "The Politics of Apocalypse: Interrogating conversion in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice". In Croteau, Melissa; Jess-Cooke, Carolyn (eds.). Apocalyptic Shakespeare: Essays on Visions of Chaos and Revelation in Recent Film Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 166–180. ISBN 978-0-7864-3392-6.
Waldmeir, John C. (2009). "The Body 'As It Was': On the Occasion of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". Cathedrals of Bone: The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature. Fordham University Press. pp. 147–165. ISBN 978-0-8232-3060-0.

2008

Cardullo, Bert (2008). "The Violence of the Christ: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and the New Screen Violence". Cinematic Illusions: Realism, Subjectivity, and the Avant-Garde. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 131–142. ISBN 978-1-4438-0024-2.
Finkelstein, Norman G. (2008). "From Jesus Christ Superstar to The Passion of the Christ". Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. University of California Press. pp. 21–31. ISBN 978-0-520-24989-9.
Guðmundsdóttir, Arnfriður (2008). "More pain, more gain! In Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ". In Hallbäck, Geert; Hvithamar, Annika (eds.). Recent Releases: The Bible in Contemporary Cinema. Bible in the Modern World. Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-906055-36-3.
King, Mike (2008). "The Passion of the Christ". The American Cinema of Excess: Extremes of the National Mind on Film. McFarland. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-0-7864-3988-1.
Nichols, Stephen J. (2008). "Jesus on the Big Screen: The Passion for Hollywood". Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to 'The Passion of the Christ'. IVP Academic. pp. 146–172. ISBN 978-0-8308-2849-4.
Phillips, Kendall R. (2008). "Religion: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ". Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America. Praeger. pp. 127–152. ISBN 978-0-275-99464-8.
Winchell, Mark Royden (2008). "Blood, Sweat, and Grace: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004)". God, Man, and Hollywood: Politically Incorrect Cinema from The Birth of a Nation to The Passion of the Christ. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. pp. 215–233. ISBN 978-1-933859-56-9.

2007

Abbott, James (2007). "Following his true passion: Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ". In Malone, Peter (ed.). Through a Catholic Lens: Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World. Communication, Culture, and Religion. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-5230-2.
Cargal, Timothy B. (2007). "Hearing More Than Just The Film—The Passion of the Christ, Atlantis, Million Dollar Baby/The Sea Inside". Hearing a Film, Seeing a Sermon: Preaching and Popular Movies. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 141–152. ISBN 978-0-664-22951-1.
McCool, Martin (2007). The Power of 'The Passion of the Christ'. Choice Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905451-39-5.
McDannell, Colleen (2007). "Votive offering: The Passion of the Christ (2004)". In McDannell, Colleen (ed.). Catholics in the Movies. Oxford University Press. pp. 317–346. ISBN 978-0-19-530657-6.
Segal, Alan F. (2007). "Christology in the Dark: The Da Vinci Code and The Passion of the Christ—What They Tell Us about American Religion Today". In Burns, Paul C. (ed.). Jesus in Twentieth Century Literature, Art, and Movies. UBC Studies in Religion. Continuum. pp. 211–222. ISBN 978-0-8264-2840-0.
Stone, Alan A. (2007). "The End of Remorse: The Passion of the Christ". Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life. Boston Review Books. The MIT Press. pp. 179–190. ISBN 978-0-262-19567-6.

2006

Fredriksen, Paula, ed. (2006). On The Passion of the Christ: Exploring the Issues Raised by the Controversial Movie. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24853-3.
Garber, Zev (2006). Mel Gibson's Passion: The Film, the Controversy, and Its Implications. Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-405-7.
Humphries-Brooks, Stephenson (2006). "The Passion of the Christ: Jesus as Action Hero". Cinematic Savior: Hollywood's Making of the American Christ. Praeger. pp. 117–132. ISBN 978-0-275-98489-2.
Leonard, Richard (2006). "The Passion of the Christ". Movies That Matter: Reading Film through the Lens of Faith. Loyola Press. pp. 150–154. ISBN 978-0-8294-2201-6.
Stichele, Caroline Vander; Penner, Todd (2006). "Passion for (the) real?: The Passion of the Christ and its critics". In Exum, J. Cheryl (ed.). The Bible in Film — The Bible and Film. Brill Academic Pub. ISBN 978-90-04-15190-1.
Walter, Davis (2006). "Passion of the Christ in Abu Ghraib". Death's Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-11. Pluto Press. pp. 23–44. ISBN 978-0-7453-2469-2.

2005

Beal, Timothy K.; Linafelt, Tod, eds. (2005). Mel Gibson's Bible: Religion, Popular Culture, and 'The Passion of the Christ'. University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-03976-3.
Desilet, Gregory (2005). "Religious Melodrama: The Passion of the Christ". Our Faith in Evil: Melodrama and the Effects of Entertainment Violence. McFarland. pp. 310–316. ISBN 978-0-7864-2348-4.
Holmes, Steve (2005). "Interpreting the Gospel: The Passion of the Christ". In Fiddes, Paul; Clarke, Anthony (eds.). Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue. Regent's Study Guides. Smyth & Helwys Publishing. ISBN 978-1-57312-458-4.