Christopher H. Partridge, Eric S. Christianson

The Lure of the Dark Side

Satan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies. The essays explore demonology in popular culture from a range of perspectives: Satanism within contemporary music; the relationship between hymn and horror film; the career of Hannibal Lecter; the portrayal of Satan in films about Christ; and spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter Stories. This fresh and ground-breaking volume will be of interest to students of religious studies and theology, as well as literary and popular culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9781845533106
• ISBN-10: 1845533100
• Artikelnr.: 23389332

Autorenporträt

Christopher Partridge, Lancaster University, and Eric Christianson, University of Chester

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION Christopher Partridge & Eric ChristiansonPart I: MusicCHAPTER
1: Satanism and Popular Music Asbjorn Dyrendal (Norwegian University of
Science and Technology)CHAPTER 2: Between Hymn and Horror Film: How Do We
Listen to the Cradle of Filth?Peter Mercer-Taylor (University of
Minnesota)CHAPTER 3: When Demons Come Calling: Dealing with the Devil and
Paradigms of Life in African American MusicAnthony Pinn (Rice University,
Houston)CHAPTER 4: Dark Theology: Dissident Commerce, Gothic Capitalism and
The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll Charlie Blake (Liverpool Hope University)Part
II: FilmCHAPTER 5: Speak of the Devil: The Portrayal of Satan in the Christ
FilmBill Telford (University of Durham)CHAPTER 6: Celluloid Vampires,
Technology, and the Decline of ReligionTitus Hjelm (University of
Helsinki)CHAPTER 7: A Man of Wealth and Taste: The Strange Career of
Hannibal LecterBrian Baker (University of Lancaster)CHAPTER 8: Demons of
the New Polytheism George Aichele (Adrian College, Michigan)CHAPTER 9:
Scriptural Dimensions of Evil: Biblical Text as Timepiece, Talisman, and
TatooLarry Kreitzer (University of Oxford)Part III: LiteratureCHAPTER 10:
James Hogg and the Demons of Scottish PresbyterianismCrawford Gribben
(University of Manchester)CHAPTER 11: Voldemort, Death Eaters, Dementors,
and the Dark Arts: A Contemporary Theology of Spiritual Perversion in the
Harry Potter StoriesColin Duriez