Theology and the Marvel Universe combines cutting-edge scholarship on theology with the comic, film, and television stories of the Marvel Universe. Fourteen contributors from around the world engage these stories in a theological dialogue that highlights the significance of these stories as a vibrant part of our cultural mythology.
Theology and the Marvel Universe combines cutting-edge scholarship on theology with the comic, film, and television stories of the Marvel Universe. Fourteen contributors from around the world engage these stories in a theological dialogue that highlights the significance of these stories as a vibrant part of our cultural mythology.
Edited by Gregory Stevenson - Contributions by Gregory Stevenson; Matthew Brake; Dan W. Clanton Jr.; Daniel D. Clark; Austin M. Freeman; Amanda Furiasse; Kristen Leigh Mitchell; Levi Morrow; Kevin Nye; Taylor J. Ott; Tim Posada; Jeremy E. Scarbrough; Andr
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1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga Kristen Leigh Mitchell 2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones Taylor J. Ott 3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers Matthew Brake 4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books Dan W. Clanton, Jr. 5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology Tim Posada 6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation Levi Morrow 7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness Gregory Stevenson 8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue Jeremy E. Scarbrough 9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil Daniel D. Clark 10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe Austin M. Freeman 11 The Thor Movies and the "Available" Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies Andrew Tobolowsky 12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together Kevin Nye 13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel's Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine Amanda Furiasse 14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity Andrew D. Thrasher
1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga Kristen Leigh Mitchell 2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones Taylor J. Ott 3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers Matthew Brake 4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books Dan W. Clanton, Jr. 5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology Tim Posada 6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation Levi Morrow 7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness Gregory Stevenson 8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue Jeremy E. Scarbrough 9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil Daniel D. Clark 10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe Austin M. Freeman 11 The Thor Movies and the "Available" Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies Andrew Tobolowsky 12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together Kevin Nye 13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel's Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine Amanda Furiasse 14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity Andrew D. Thrasher
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