Theology and Vampires (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Potter, Madeline

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What can vampires teach us about God? How can they reshape the way we think about religion, and our relationship with the divine? Through a thorough analysis of the relationship between theology and vampires, Theology and Vampires provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry. Contributions to the volume assess vampires and their role in articulating theological thought, bringing together some of the classical vampire tales of the 19th century, with contemporary iterations of the figure. Considering how vampires are used to ask theological questions across media, from literature through to video games, this volume paints a complex and comprehensive picture of the often overlooked manner in which vampires not only reflect but also actively shape theological modes of enquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978784062
• Artikelnr.: 75076727

Autorenporträt

Madeline Potter is Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow in the Long 19th Century (Romanticism to Victorianism) at University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Madeline Potter Chapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction
Alison Milbank Chapter 2: 'Bless Me Lord
For I am Going to Sin:' Vampire Priests
the Role of Blood
Religion and Gothic Heresy
Jonathan Greenaway Chapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion
Esotericism
Responses in English and Bengali Literature
Shaona Barik Chapter 4: What We [Actually] Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova's The Historian
David K. Goodin Chapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan
Justin Mullis Chapter 6: In the Beginning
God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology
Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died
Mary Going Chapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori
Vampire Narratives
and the Absence of Evil
Leo Chu Chapter 8: "We are on a Mission from God." - Alucard
Theology
Monsters
and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012)
Marthe-Siobhán Hecke Chapter 9: Vampire Priests and "Cult Messiahs" in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot
Curtis Runstedler Chapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire's Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition
Kari Sawden Chapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism
Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara's The Addiction
Gavin F. Hurley Chapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil
Peter Morgan and Terance Espinoza