| Film as religion: Myths, morals, and rituals J Lyden NYU Press, 2003 | 481 | 2003 |
| The Routledge companion to religion and film J Lyden Routledge, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| Whose Film Is It, Anyway? Canonicity and Authority in Star Wars Fandom JC Lyden Journal of the American Academy of Religion 80 (3), 775-786, 2012 | 64 | 2012 |
| The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture JC Lyden Routledge, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
| Enduring issues in religion J Lyden Greenhaven Press, 1995 | 41 | 1995 |
| To commend or to critique? The question of religion and film studies JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 1 (2), 6, 1997 | 39 | 1997 |
| The apocalyptic cosmology of Star Wars JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 4 (1), 2, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| Definitions: What is the subject matter of “religion and popular culture”? JC Lyden The Routledge companion to religion and popular culture, 7-20, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Film as Religion: Myths JC Lyden Morals, and Rituals, New York: New York University, 2003 | 14 | 2003 |
| Apocalyptic Determinism and Star Wars J Lyden Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two …, 2007 | 10 | 2007 |
| Myths, Morals and Rituals: Film as religion J Lyden New York: New York University Press, 2003 | 10 | 2003 |
| The myth awakens: Canon, conservatism, and fan reception of Star Wars K Derry, JC Lyden Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| Half the picture JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 22 (1), 13, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| Avatar JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 14 (1), 15, 2016 | 5 | 2016 |
| Facing forward, looking back: religion and film studies in the last decade J Kickasola, JC Lyden, SB Plate, A Sison, SJ Nayar, S Knauss, R Wagner, ... Journal of Religion & Film 17 (1), 32, 2013 | 4 | 2013 |
| Teaching Film as Religion JC Lyden Teaching Religion and Film, 209, 2008 | 4 | 2008 |
| Life in the Multiverse: Bringing Chaos Out of Order? JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 26 (2), 1, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Eternal Now: Recent Time Loop Movies and the Sanctity of the Moment JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 22 (3), 12, 2018 | 3 | 2018 |
| God Loves Uganda JC Lyden Journal of Religion & Film 17 (1), 6, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
| To Commend or To Critique J Lyden The Question of Religion and Film, 0 | 3 | |
