Joss Whedon and religion : essays on an angry atheist's explorations of the sacred / edited by Anthony R. Mills, John W. Morehead and J. Ryan Parker ; foreword by K. Dale Koontz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mills, Anthony R., 1978- editor.

Morehead, John W., 1964- editor.

Parker, J. Ryan, 1980- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whedon, Joss, 1964---Criticism and interpretation.

Whedon, Joss.

Whedon, Joss, 1964---Religion.

Whedon, Joss, 1964-.

Religion.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

"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 publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786472901

0786472901

OCLC:

840463537