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Theology and spider-man / edited by George Tsakiridis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tsakiridis, George.
- Series:
- Theology and pop culture.
- Theology and Pop Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spider-Man (Fictitious character).
- Spider-Man.
- Theology in literature.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Religious aspects.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Superhero films--History and criticism.
- Superhero films.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Fortress Academic, 2021.
- Summary:
- Engaging themes of sin, salvation, and creedal theology, the contributors to Theology and Spider-Man create a systematic and constructive theology of one of Marvel's most popular heroes.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Sin and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man: A Spider-Hamartiology
- 2 Tyger, Lamb, Spyder, Hunter: Kraven's Last Hunt and the Web of Theodicy
- 3 Untangling the Web of Sins: The Superior Spider-Man as Secular Hagiography
- 4 Let Him Be to You as a Goblin: Forgiveness as the Defeat of Evil in Spider-Man Comics
- 5 "Look Out, Here Comes the Spider-Man": An Exploration of the Creedal Theology of Spider-Man
- 6 Moral Formation in Pedagogies of Violence: Civil War's Peter Parker
- 7 Peter Parker's Progeny: Power, Genetics, and Virtuous Parenting in Spider-Girl
- 8 "Not Gonna Turn Invisible": Into the Spider-Verse and Black Theology
- 9 A Web of Significations: The Hermeneutics of Theological Anthropology in Marvel's Spider-Man
- 10 Venom, the Liberation Theologian
- 11 Loss, Death, and Afterlife: Thanatology and Theology in Spider-Man Comics
- 12 Spider-Man: An Icon in Your Pocket
- About the Contributors.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-1904-3
- 1-9787-1090-9
- OCLC:
- 1283854165
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