Theology and the Marvel Universe (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Stevenson, Gregory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, the chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtue ethics, character formation, identity formation, and mythic reinvention. This book demonstrates that the stories of Thor, Daredevil, Sabra, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Luke Cage, and others engage not just our imagination, but our theological imagination as well.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978706163
• Artikelnr.: 58329867

Autorenporträt

Gregory Stevenson is professor of New Testament at Rochester University.

Inhaltsangabe

1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga
Kristen Leigh Mitchell
2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of
Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones
Taylor J. Ott
3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers
Matthew Brake
4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic
Books
Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a
Material Theology
Tim Posada
6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz
Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation
Levi Morrow
7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness
Gregory Stevenson
8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human
Condition, and Virtue
Jeremy E. Scarbrough
9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil
Daniel D. Clark
10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe
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