Faith and the zombie : critical essays on the end of the world and beyond / edited by Simon Bacon ; foreword by Peter Dendle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Simon.

Series:

Contributions to Zombie Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zombie films--History and criticism.

Zombie films.

Religion in motion pictures.

Apocalyptic films--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic films.

Zombies on television.

Religion on television.

Horror films--History and criticism.

Horror films.

Horror television programs--History and criticism.

Horror television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"Themes of faith and religion have been threaded through popular representations of the zombie so often that they now seem inextricably linked. Whether as mindless servants to a Vodou Bokor or as evidence of the impending apocalypse, the ravenous undead have long captured something of society's relationships with spirituality, religion and belief. By the start of the 21st century, religious beliefs are as varied as the many manifestations of the zombie itself, and both themes intersect with various ideological, environmental and even post-human concerns. This book surveys the various modern religious associations in zombie media. Some characters believe that the undead are part of God's plan, others theorize that the environment might be saving itself or that zombies might be predicting life and hybridity beyond human existence. Timely and important, this work is a meditation on how faith might not just be a forerunner to the apocalypse, but the catalyst to new kinds of life beyond it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part I: Survival and Loss at the End of the World

"She is saved now

I have washed her of all her sins"

What Waits Beyond

From Brainwashing to Brain Eating

Zombie Optimism

Part II: Undead Capitalism, Undead Planet

"I hear echoes of the voice of God"

The American Spectacular

A Psalm of Ice and Fire

Theological and Ecological Apocalypse in Jorge Grau's No Profanar el Sueño de los Muertos

Part III: The Christian/Judaic Apocalypse and the Zombie

"I thought God had something a little different in mind"

The First Earth Passed Away, the Word Was Made Flesh

"Repent, the end is extremely fucking nigh"

Part IV: The Biblical Undead

Blessed Are the ­Brain-Eaters

Representations of the Eschaton and Dispensational Apologetics of the Undead

Let My (Dead) People Go

Part V: Faith of the Zombie

"Able Zombies"

If We Could Just Talk to the Creature

What Would Zombie Jesus Do?

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Bacon, Simon Faith and the Zombie

ISBN:

9781476647647