Godly heretics : essays on alternative Christianity in literature and popular culture / edited by Marc DiPaolo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Di Paolo, Marc, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture.

Popular culture--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Popular culture.

Christianity and art.

Physical Description:

viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

"This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Rewritten bibles, alternative Christs. Revolution by any other means : Jefferson, the Jefferson Bible, and Jesus / Tim H. Blessing

Portraying Jesus as human : The last temptation of Christ / Katherine Brown Downey

Nietzsche and Tolstoy on authentic Christianity / Marc Lucht

Amnesty for the devil / Gerald S. Vigna

Lamb unslain : nonhuman animals and Shelley's panentheism / Ruth Vanita

Shaw's subversion of biblical language / Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín

Song of myself : teaching Whitman's new Bible today / Tracy Floreani

Part II. Angels and demons among us : the politics and economics of heaven and hell in popular culture. The gospel according to comic strips : on Peanuts and The far side / Eric Michael Mazur

Religious discourse in Lost and Battlestar Galactica / Val Nolan

The radical theology of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue / Matthew Yde

Fanaticism and familicide from Wieland the The shining / Dara Downey

From Bedford Falls to Punxsutawney : refashioning A Christmas carol / Grace Moore

Reclaiming the relation of religion, politics, and economics / Joerg Rieger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786467808

0786467800

OCLC:

841169876

Publisher Number:

40022233531