Theology and Batman examines theological themes such as theodicy and evil, ethics and morality, justice and vengeance, and the Divine in various stories featuring The Dark Knight from across different mediums, including comics, movies, and video games.
Theology and Batman examines theological themes such as theodicy and evil, ethics and morality, justice and vengeance, and the Divine in various stories featuring The Dark Knight from across different mediums, including comics, movies, and video games.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Matthew Brake (M.Div., Regent University; M.A. in philosophy and interdisciplinary studies, George Mason University) is the series editor for the Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture series from Lexington Books and Fortress Academic. He also serves as the co-editor (with A. David Lewis) for the Religion and Comics series from Claremont Press. C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., is an Episcopal priest and professor, editor of the academic book series Studies in Episcopal and Anglican Theology, and a former board member and frequent guest editor of the Anglican Theological Review.
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Introduction: Batman as a Focus of Theological Inquiry C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., and Matthew Brake Section One: Theodicy and Evil 1. The Karmic Tragedy of Bruce Wayne: Batman as Anti-Buddha Wesley D. Cray 2. Suffering and Evil in the Book of Job and Batman: The Killing Joke Francesco Del Bianco 3. Evil After Christianity: Joker (2019) as Post-Christian Theodicy Katherine Kelaidis 4. Beginning with Wickedness, or the Long Dark Knight of the Polis' Soul John C. McDowell 5. Batman Encounters Judaism and the Holocaust Rafael Medoff Section Two: Ethics and Morality 6. "Fear of Faith" and Faith over Fear: Scarecrow as Emblem of a Purgatorial Gotham Christina M. Knopf 7. Pride Goeth Before the Knightfall: Sabbath as Heroic Practice Drew McIntyre 8. Batman Forever: Morality and Narrative in Grant Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Andrew Kuzma 9. The Bat-Bodhisattva: A Buddhist reading of our favorite (Anti)Hero John Thompson 10. Batman's Cardinal Virtues in Dark Knight Returns Joseph Turner Section Three: Justice and Vengeance 11. Reflections on Revolutionary Gotham: Sovereignty, Sacrifice, and Theological Fantasy in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy Ryan Haecker 12. No Saviors in Gotham: Black Liberation and Whiteness in Batman: The Cult Peter Herman 13. Vengeance, Justice, and Batman's War on Crime Randall M. Jensen 14. False Messiah and Real Devils: Batman and Girard on the Fate of Gotham Mimesis and the Messianic Clint Jones 15. Fighting for Righteousness: Batman's Atonement Joshua Wise Section Four: Deities and the Divine 16. Morality, Epistemology, and How Batman Can Know That God Exists Batman: Atheist? Armond Boudreaux 17. How One Becomes What One Is: The Nietzschean Polytheology of Joker (2019) Vernon W. Cisney 18. Dark Knight of the Soul: Reading Batman with Apophatic Theology Stephen Garner 19. The Dark Knight and the Dark Side of God Michael D. Nichols 20. God-Confusion in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Michael Anthony Novak
Introduction: Batman as a Focus of Theological Inquiry C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., and Matthew Brake Section One: Theodicy and Evil 1. The Karmic Tragedy of Bruce Wayne: Batman as Anti-Buddha Wesley D. Cray 2. Suffering and Evil in the Book of Job and Batman: The Killing Joke Francesco Del Bianco 3. Evil After Christianity: Joker (2019) as Post-Christian Theodicy Katherine Kelaidis 4. Beginning with Wickedness, or the Long Dark Knight of the Polis' Soul John C. McDowell 5. Batman Encounters Judaism and the Holocaust Rafael Medoff Section Two: Ethics and Morality 6. "Fear of Faith" and Faith over Fear: Scarecrow as Emblem of a Purgatorial Gotham Christina M. Knopf 7. Pride Goeth Before the Knightfall: Sabbath as Heroic Practice Drew McIntyre 8. Batman Forever: Morality and Narrative in Grant Morrison's Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Andrew Kuzma 9. The Bat-Bodhisattva: A Buddhist reading of our favorite (Anti)Hero John Thompson 10. Batman's Cardinal Virtues in Dark Knight Returns Joseph Turner Section Three: Justice and Vengeance 11. Reflections on Revolutionary Gotham: Sovereignty, Sacrifice, and Theological Fantasy in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy Ryan Haecker 12. No Saviors in Gotham: Black Liberation and Whiteness in Batman: The Cult Peter Herman 13. Vengeance, Justice, and Batman's War on Crime Randall M. Jensen 14. False Messiah and Real Devils: Batman and Girard on the Fate of Gotham Mimesis and the Messianic Clint Jones 15. Fighting for Righteousness: Batman's Atonement Joshua Wise Section Four: Deities and the Divine 16. Morality, Epistemology, and How Batman Can Know That God Exists Batman: Atheist? Armond Boudreaux 17. How One Becomes What One Is: The Nietzschean Polytheology of Joker (2019) Vernon W. Cisney 18. Dark Knight of the Soul: Reading Batman with Apophatic Theology Stephen Garner 19. The Dark Knight and the Dark Side of God Michael D. Nichols 20. God-Confusion in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Michael Anthony Novak
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