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Theology and the Marvel Universe
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2019
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In Theology and the Marvel Universe, fourteen contributors examine theological themes and ideas in the comic books, television shows, and films that make up the grand narrative of the Marvel Universe. Engaging in dialogue with theological thinkers such as Willie James Jennings, Franz Rosenzweig, Søren Kierkegaard, René Girard, Kelly Brown Douglas, and many others, the chapters explore a wide variety of topics, including violence, sacrifice, colonialism, Israeli-Palestinian relations, virtue ethics, character formation, identity formation, and mythic reinvention. This book demonstrates that the stories of Thor, Daredevil, Sabra, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, Thanos, Luke Cage, and others engage not just our imagination, but our theological imagination as well.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0615-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0616-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
270
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Edited Book
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: The Sacred and the Superhero No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter One. What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga No access Pages 7 - 24
Chapter Two. “I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be”: The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones No access Pages 25 - 40
Chapter Three. Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter Four. “Because You Exist”: Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books No access Pages 55 - 70
Chapter Five. The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology No access Pages 71 - 84
Chapter Six. “Those Are the Ancestors You Hear”: Marvel’s Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig’s Theology of the Creation No access Pages 85 - 102
Chapter Seven. Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness No access Pages 103 - 120
Chapter Eight. Of Venom and Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue No access Pages 121 - 138
Chapter Nine. Matt Murdock’s Ill-Fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix’s Daredevil No access Pages 139 - 156
Chapter Ten. Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe No access Pages 157 - 172
Chapter Eleven. The Thor Movies and the “Available” Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies No access Pages 173 - 186
Chapter Twelve. Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together No access Pages 187 - 204
Chapter Thirteen. Savage Monster or Grieving Mother Sabra and Marvel’s Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine No access Pages 205 - 220
Chapter Fourteen. Modern Re-Enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity No access Pages 221 - 234
