Holy Superheroes Revised And Expanded Edition
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Holy Superheroes Revised And Expanded Edition
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Author : Greg Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2008-01-31
Holy Superheroes Revised And Expanded Edition written by Greg Garrett and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-31 with Religion categories.
Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first-century mythology. Greg Garrett helps us see the profound depth that can be found in the glossy, fast-paced, and often violent world of comics, graphic novels, and the films they inspire. Holy Superheroes! provides extensive discussions of some of our most beloved comic heroes and concludes with an appendix of twenty-five comics and graphic novels for discussion of spirituality and comics.
Holy Superheroes
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Author : Greg Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Holy Superheroes written by Greg Garrett and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Religion categories.
Pulitzer-prize nominee and English professor Garrett explores the deeper side of comic books--and the motion pictures they inspire--for the lessons they can teach readers about faith, justice, and redemption.
Comics And Sacred Texts
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Author : Assaf Gamzou
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Comics And Sacred Texts written by Assaf Gamzou and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Contributions by Ofra Amihay, Madeline Backus, Samantha Baskind, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Scott S. Elliott, Assaf Gamzou, Susan Handelman, Leah Hochman, Leonard V. Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Shiamin Kwa, Samantha Langsdale, A. David Lewis, Karline McLain, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Joshua Plencner, and Jeffrey L. Richey Comics and Sacred Texts explores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Comics and graphic narratives help readers see religion in the everyday and in depictions of God, in transfigured, heroic selves as much as in the lives of saints and the meters of holy languages. Coeditors Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm reveal the graphic character of sacred narratives, imagining new vistas for both comics and religious texts. In both visual and linguistic forms, graphic narratives reveal representational strategies to encounter the sacred in all its ambivalence. Through close readings and critical inquiry, these essays contemplate the intersections between religion and comics in ways that critically expand our ability to think about religious landscapes, rhetorical practices, pictorial representation, and the everyday experiences of the uncanny. Organized into four sections—Seeing the Sacred in Comics; Reimagining Sacred Texts through Comics; Transfigured Comic Selves, Monsters, and the Body; and The Everyday Sacred in Comics—the essays explore comics and graphic novels ranging from Craig Thompson’s Habibi and Marvel’s X-Men and Captain America to graphic adaptions of religious texts such as 1 Samuel and the Gospel of Mark. Comics and Sacred Texts shows how claims to the sacred are nourished and concealed in comic narratives. Covering many religions, not only Christianity and Judaism, this rare volume contests the profane/sacred divide and establishes the import of comics and graphic narratives in disclosing the presence of the sacred in everyday human experience.
Graven Images
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Author : A. David Lewis
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-10-21
Graven Images written by A. David Lewis and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-21 with Social Science categories.
Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use comics' unique fusion of text and image to criticize traditional theologies and to offer alternatives. Addressing the increasing fervor with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans' fraught but passionate relationship with religion, Graven Images explores with real insight the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. In essays by scholars and comics creators, Graven Images observes the frequency with which religious material—in devout, educational, satirical, or critical contexts—occurs in both independent and mainstream comics. Contributors identify the unique advantages of the comics medium for religious messages; analyze how comics communicate such messages; place the religious messages contained in comic books in appropriate cultural, social, and historical frameworks; and articulate the significance of the innovative theologies being developed in comics.
Panthers Hulks And Ironhearts
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Author : Jeffrey A. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2021-01-15
Panthers Hulks And Ironhearts written by Jeffrey A. Brown and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts offers the first comprehensive study of how Marvel has racially diversified its lineup and reimagined what a superhero might look like in the twenty-first century. It examines how they have revitalized older characters like Black Panther, recast legacy heroes like Ms. Marvel, and developed new ones like the Latina Miss America.
Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses
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Author : Crag Hill
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses written by Crag Hill and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Building off the argument that comics succeed as literature—rich, complex narratives filled with compelling characters interrogating the thought-provoking issues of our time—this book argues that comics are an expressive medium whose moves (structural and aesthetic) may be shared by literature, the visual arts, and film, but beyond this are a unique art form possessing qualities these other mediums do not. Drawing from a range of current comics scholarship demonstrating this point, this book explores the unique intelligence/s of comics and how they expand the ways readers engage with the world in ways different than prose, or film, or other visual arts. Written by teachers and scholars of comics for instructors, this book bridges research and pedagogy, providing instructors with models of critical readings around a variety of comics.
Batman And Psychology
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Author : Travis Langley
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2022-03-01
Batman And Psychology written by Travis Langley and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Psychology categories.
Batman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman and Psychology explores these and other intriguing questions about the masked vigilante, including: Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why as a vigilante? Why the mask, the bat, and the underage partner? Why are his most intimate relationships with “bad girls” he ought to lock up? And why won't he kill that homicidal, green-haired clown? Combining psychological theory with the latest in psychological research, Batman and Psychology takes you on an unprecedented journey behind the mask and into the dark mind of your favorite Caped Crusader and his never-ending war on crime.
The Routledge Companion To Religion And Popular Culture
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Author : John C. Lyden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-27
The Routledge Companion To Religion And Popular Culture written by John C. Lyden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-27 with Social Science categories.
Religion and popular culture is a fast-growing field that spans a variety of disciplines. This volume offers the first real survey of the field to date and provides a guide for the work of future scholars. It explores: key issues of definition and of methodology religious encounters with popular culture across media, material culture and space, ranging from videogames and social networks to cooking and kitsch, architecture and national monuments representations of religious traditions in the media and popular culture, including important non-Western spheres such as Bollywood This Companion will serve as an enjoyable and informative resource for students and a stimulus to future scholarly work.
Bu Dong International English Edition
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Author : Oliver Meidl
language : en
Publisher: Oliver Meidl
Release Date : 2017-07-17
Bu Dong International English Edition written by Oliver Meidl and has been published by Oliver Meidl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-17 with Travel categories.
“That sounds Greek to me,” “Das kommt mir spanisch vor,” and “Me suena a chino” are different expressions of lacking understanding. What are the reasons for mutual misunderstanding and the fear of the foreign? “BU DONG” is all about eye-opening situations, great people, different lifestyles, and aims in life. The Chinese expression for “I don’t understand” serves as a metaphor for overcoming communication barriers in cultural exchange. Enjoy a collection of travel experiences in Europe, America, and Asia. A most informative fun read, seasoned with a pinch of humor.
Good Mourning
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Author : Allan Hugh Cole, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Good Mourning written by Allan Hugh Cole, Jr. and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Religion categories.
In this brief book Allan Hugh Cole explains the process of grief and what loss can do to us, identifies ways of coping, and reminds us of the hope that we can find in mourning. Ultimately, Cole offers a plan of "good mourning"--a way to work through the loss and rebuild life with new strength. Cole describes what it takes to be engaged in good mourning instead of endless suffering and demonstrates how faith and prayer can be practical tools in rebuilding life after loss.