Theology and the Star Wars Universe

Benjamin D. Espinoza

doi:10.5771/9781978707245

Summary

Scholars have been arguing for years that Star Wars is more than light sabers, Wookies, Millennium Falcons, and troubling familial relationships. Star Wars is an exciting space fantasy that we can explore from multiple academic perspectives, such as philosophy and psychology. This volume adds to that conversation by asking, “what would it look like if we analyzed the Star Wars universe theologically?” In Theology and the Star Wars Universe, contributors from various theological traditions take on this task by exploring the nature of the Force, the spiritual role of the Jedi, nonviolent and liberationist readings of the Franchise, and the enduring power of hope. Written for the restless, curious academic but accessible to diehard fans, Theology and the Star Wars Universe is an exciting foray into the study of theology and popular culture.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0723-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0724-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 242
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Theologizing Star Wars No access Pages 1 - 4
1. The Word of God and the W(h)ill of the Force No access
1. Use (the) Force No access
2. And What More Shall I Say? No access
3. Rediscovering the Sith and the Jedi No access
4. From Padawan to Jedi No access
5. And Also with You No access
1. Subverting the Ancient Religion No access
2. In Defense of the Nonviolent Luke No access
3. Undoing the Memory Wipe No access
4. Mysticism and Resistance No access
5. Bringing Balance to the Force No access
1. The Modern Manichaeans No access
2. Thomas Aquinas’s Account of Hope as a Hermeneutical Lens for Star Wars No access
3. An Archē Not Anarchic Enough No access
4. Lifting Rocks No access
Index No access Pages 219 - 236
About the Contributors No access Pages 237 - 242