Theology and Spider-Man

Herausgeber: Tsakiridis, George

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9781978710894
• ISBN-10: 1978710895
• Artikelnr.: 62482748

Autorenporträt

Edited by George Tsakiridis - Contributions by Peter Admirand; Michael Buttrey; Leah DeJong; Joseph E. Gaston; David K. Goodin; Travis B. Hill; Russell P. Johnson; Josh McDonald; John C. McDowell; Allan Novaes; Ched Spellman; George Tsakiridis; Jerome Van

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Theologizing the Spider
George Tsakiridis
1 Sin and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man: A Spider-Harmatiology
Jerome Van Kuiken
2 Tyger, Lamb, Spider, Hunter: "Kraven's Last Hunt" and The Web of Theodicy
Peter Admirand
3 Untangling the Web of Sins: The Superior Spider-Man as Secular
Hagiography
David K. Goodin
4 Let Him Be to You as a Goblin: Forgiveness as the Defeat of Evil in
Spider-Man Comics
Travis B. Hill
5 "Look out, here comes the Spider-Man": An Exploration of the Creedal
Theology of Spider-Man
George Tsakiridis
6 Moral Formation in Pedagogies of Violence: Civil War's Peter Parker
John C. McDowell
7 Peter Parker's Progeny: Power, Genetics, and Virtuous Parenting in
Spider-Girl
Michael Buttrey and Leah DeJong
8 "Not Gonna Turn Invisible": Into the Spider-Verse and Black Theology
Matthew Vega and Russell P. Johnson
9 A Web of Significations: The Hermeneutics of Theological Anthropology in
Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)
Ched Spellman
10 Venom the Liberation Theologian
Josh McDonald
11 Loss, Death, and Afterlife: Thanatology and Theology in Spider-Man
Comics
Allan Novaes
12 Spider-Man: An Icon in your Pocket
Joseph E. Gaston