Joss Whedon and religion : essays on an angry atheist's explorations of the sacred

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"This collection of essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, spiritual transformation, witchcraft, identity, community, heroism, apocalypse, and others. The disciplinary approaches vary as well; history, theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, cultural studies, and religious studies are all employed in different ways"-- Provided by pu...

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ISBN:

9780786472901

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240 pages

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Varieties of conversion: spiritual transformation in the Buffyverse / Jeremy R. Ricketts
The harrowing of hell: "Anne" and the Greek paschal tradition in conversation / Hope K. Bartel and Timothy E. G. Bartel
Mary and Buffy walk into a bar: the virgin deity and Buffy the vampire slayer / Valerie Mayhew
"Oh ... my ... goddess": witchcraft, magick, and thealogy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Jason Lawton Winslade
Apocalypse now and again: The apocalyptic paradigm and the meaning of life and (Un)death in Buffy the vampire slayer / Roslyn Weaver
Who's afraid of the big, black wolf? racial identity and the irrationality of religious belief in firefly and Serenity / Desire de Jesus
"You're welcome on my boat, God ain't": ethical foundations in the Whedonverse / Dean A. Kowalski
Actives, affectivity, and the soul: interpreting Dollhouse through the phenomenology of Michel Henry / J. Leavitt Pearl
Just to love and be loved in return: identity and love in the Dollhouse / Julie Clawson
"There's no place I can be": Whedon, Augustine, and the earthly city / Susanne E. Foster and James B. South
To assemble or to shrug? power, responsibility, and SAcrifice in Marvel's The Avengers / Russell W. Dalton
National treasures: Joss Whedon's assembling of exceptional Avengers / John C. McDowell
As it ever was ... so shall it never be: penal substitutionary atonement theory and violence in The cabin in the woods / J. Ryan Parker
"I'm sorry I ... ended the world": eschatology, nihilism, and hope in The cabin in the Woods / W. Scott Poole

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2013029188

Control Number:

1890489

Other Authors:

Mills, Anthony R., 1978- editor
Morehead, John W., 1964- editor
Parker, J. Ryan, 1980- editor

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