Abstract:
The research addresses the issue of the manifestation of God, exploring how art, in particular cinema, serves as a field of investigation into these philosophical-theological themes. Using the film "The Seventh Seal" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman as a central point, the study aims to understand the possibility of divine manifestation in the world through the phenomenology proposed by Michel Henry. The research is divided into two chapters, reflecting the duality of divine manifestation according to Henry: truth of the world and truth of Life. In the first chapter, the truth of the world is analyzed, presenting Henry's phenomenological theory and its implications. Bergman and his concern with the manifestation of God are explored, along with his trilogy of silence. A detailed analysis of the film is carried out, seeking to understand how the divine manifestation is approached in the cinematographic work. The chapter ends with a hermeneutics of the truth of the world in the film, using the phenomenological method to understand the possible manifestation of God. The second chapter focuses on the truth of Life, examining the phenomenological theory of appearing in life and its relationship with the search for God. The relationship between God and Life is problematized, discussing how science can distance human sensitivity from the search for divine manifestation. The chapter ends with a hermeneutics of the truth of Life in the film, seeking to understand how human beings can apprehend the manifestation of God. It was realized that the manifestation of God does not occur in the world, since divinity is not of the world, however it is possible for humans to perceive God from the feeling that takes place in the body of the being that lives Life.
