Theology and horror : explorations of the dark religious imagination /: explorations of the dark religious imagination. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Brandon R. Grafius, John W. Morehead.
• Editors: Grafius, Brandon R; Morehead, John W, 1964-
• Contents: Introduction: Theology and Horror <span style="font-style:italic;">Brandon R. Grafius and John W. Morehead Section One: Horrifying Foundations Chapter 1 Consider the Yattering: The Infernal Order and the Religious Imagination in Real Time <span style="font-style:italic;">Douglas E. Cowan Chapter 2 The Theological Origins of Horror <span style="font-style:italic;">Steve A. Wiggins Chapter 3 <span style="font-style:italic;">Mysterium Horrendum : Exploring Otto's Concept of the Numinous in Stoker, Machen, and Lovecraft <span style="font-style:italic;">Jack Hunter Section Two: Christianizing the Monster Chapter 4 Priests, Secrets, and Holy Water: All I Ever Learned About Catholicism I Learned from Horror Films <span style="font-style:italic;">Karrȧ Shimabukuro Chapter 5 “We Have to Stop the Apocalypse!”: Pre- Millennial (Mis)Representations of Revelation and Eschaton in Horror Cinema <span style="font-style:italic;">Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Chapter 6 Gnostic Terror: Subverting the Narrative of Horror <span style="font-style:italic;">Alyssa J. Beall Section Three: Paranormal World, Monstrous History Chapter 7 A Longing for Reconciliation: The Ghost Story as Demand for Corporeal and Terrestrial Justice <span style="font-style:italic;">Joshua Wise Chapter 8 Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: Two Models of Christian Theological Engagement with Lycanthropy <span style="font-style:italic;">Michael A. Hammett Chapter 9 Endings that Never Happen: Otherness, Indecent Theology, Apocalypse, & Zombies <span style="font-style:italic;">Jessi Knippel Section Four: Readings in Theology and the Horror Film Chapter 10 “Do I Look Like Someone Who Cares What God Thinks?”: Narrative Ambiguity, Religion, and the Afterlife in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Hellraiser Franchise <span style="font-style:italic;">Mark Richard Adams Chapter 11 Ferocious Marys and Dark Alessas: The Portrayal of Religious Matriarchies in <span style="font-style:italic;">Silent Hill <span style="font-style:italic;">Amy Beddows Chapter 12 “They Say with Jason Death Comes First/ He’ll Make Hell a Place on Earth”: The Functions of Hell in New Line’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Jason Sequels <span style="font-style:italic;">Wickham Clayton
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.38738; Horror tales -- History and criticism; Horror films -- History and criticism; Theology in literature; Theology in motion pictures; Christianity in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978707993
• Related ISBNs: 9781978707986
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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