Theology and the Marvel Universe. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gregory Stevenson.
• Editors: Stevenson, Gregory
• Contents: 1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">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; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Taylor J. Ott ; ; 3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Matthew Brake ; ; 4 “Because You Exist”: Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Dan W. Clanton, Jr. ; ; 5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Tim Posada ; ; 6 “Those Are the Ancestors You Hear”: Marvel’s Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig’s Theology of the Creation; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Levi Morrow ; ; 7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Gregory Stevenson ; ; 8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Jeremy E. Scarbrough ; ; 9 Matt Murdock’s Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix’s Daredevil; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Daniel D. Clark ; ; 10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Austin M. Freeman ; ; 11 The Thor Movies and the “Available” Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Andrew Tobolowsky ; ; 12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Kevin Nye ; ; 13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel’s Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Amanda Furiasse ; ; 14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Andrew D. Thrasher
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 261.2; Theology; Comic books, strips, etc -- Religious aspects; Television programs -- Religious aspects; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1978706162; 9781978706163
• Related ISBNs: 1978706154; 9781978706156
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.