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Horror Comics And Religion

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Author : Brandon R. Grafius
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-12-05

Horror Comics And Religion written by Brandon R. Grafius and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-05 with Literary Criticism categories.

While many genres offer the potential for theological reflection and exploration of religious issues, the nature of horror provides unique ways to wrestle with these questions. Since EC Comics of the 1950s, horror comics have performed theological work in ways that are sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle, but frequently surprising and provocative. This collection brings together essays covering the history of horror comics, from the 1950s to the present, with a focus on their engagement with religious and theological issues. Essays explore topics such as the morality of EC Comics, cosmic indifference in the works of Junji Ito, the reincarnated demons of the web-comic The Devil is a Handsome Man, religion and racial horror in comic voodoo, and much more.

Horror Comics And Religion

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Author : Brandon R. Grafius
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-12-02

Religious Comics

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Author : Rebecca Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-03-10

Religious Comics written by Rebecca Murphy and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-10 with Religion categories.

Religious Comics explores the surprising and significant role of comics as a medium for expressing, interpreting, and even challenging religious beliefs. Moving beyond simple entertainment, the book argues that comics are powerful tools for religious communication due to their accessibility and ability to synthesize complex ideas through visual metaphors. Consider, for example, how Bible comics have been used for religious education or how graphic novels promote specific theological doctrines. The book begins with a historical overview of religion and visual culture, then introduces comics theory to demonstrate how elements like panels and speech balloons convey meaning. Structured around themes such as religious education, marginalized voices, and religious identity, Religious Comics examines diverse examples of religious comics across cultures. By analyzing how individuals and communities use comics to construct and negotiate their religious identities, the book reveals the dynamic intersection of religion, art, and visual culture.

A New Gnosis

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Author : David M. Odorisio
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-01-01

A New Gnosis written by David M. Odorisio and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-01 with Religion categories.

Superhero phenomena exploded into 20th- and 21st-century popular culture by way of the visual medium of comic books. In an increasingly secular (yet spiritual) culture that has largely renounced “the gods” (and even religion), what does the return of the superhero through our own pop cultural mythologies say to us—or even about us? This collection of essays from leading and up-and-coming scholars in the fields of comparative mythology and depth psychology considers the return of the superhero as representative of our own unique emergent modern mythology: a wildly diverse pantheon that reflects back to us our most far-reaching hopes and (im)possible (super)human desires. In placing the interpretive tools of comparative mythology and depth psychology alongside the comic book phenomenon, a super-powered palette emerges that unveils the hidden potential of modern readers’ own heightened imaginations. The essays in this anthology examine select comic book and superhero characters from the “Silver Age” 1960s through contemporary 21st-century adaptations and innovations, as readers are invited to discover and uncover what the (re)emergence of these perennial gods and goddesses have to say about our own secret super selves today.

Faith And The Zombie

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Author : Simon Bacon
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-03-27

Faith And The Zombie written by Simon Bacon and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-27 with Performing Arts categories.

Themes of faith and religion have been threaded through popular representations of the zombie so often that they now seem inextricably linked. Whether as mindless servants to a Vodou Bokor or as evidence of the impending apocalypse, the ravenous undead have long captured something of society's relationships with spirituality, religion and belief. By the start of the 21st century, religious beliefs are as varied as the many manifestations of the zombie itself, and both themes intersect with various ideological, environmental and even post-human concerns. This book surveys the various modern religious associations in zombie media. Some characters believe that the undead are part of God's plan, others theorize that the environment might be saving itself or that zombies might be predicting life and hybridity beyond human existence. Timely and important, this work is a meditation on how faith might not just be a forerunner to the apocalypse, but the catalyst to new kinds of life beyond it.

Documenting Trauma In Comics

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Author : Dominic Davies
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-05-21

Documenting Trauma In Comics written by Dominic Davies and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.

Why are so many contemporary comics and graphic narratives written as memoirs or documentaries of traumatic events? Is there a specific relationship between the comics form and the documentation and reportage of trauma? How do the interpretive demands made on comics readers shape their relationships with traumatic events? And how does comics’ documentation of traumatic pasts operate across national borders and in different cultural, political, and politicised contexts? The sixteen chapters and three comics included in Documenting Trauma in Comics set out to answer exactly these questions. Drawing on a range of historically and geographically expansive examples, the contributors bring their different perspectives to bear on the tangled and often fraught intersections between trauma studies, comics studies, and theories of documentary practices and processes. The result is a collection that shows how comics is not simply related to trauma, but a generative force that has become central to its remembrance, documentation, and study.