Theology and the Star Wars universe. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Benjamin D. Espinoza.
• Editors: Espinoza, Benjamin D, 1988-
• Contents: Introduction: Theologizing <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Wars : Engaging the Galaxy Far, Far Away <span style="font-style:italic;">Benjamin D. Espinoza Opening Essay 1 The Word of God and the W(h)ill of the Force: Canon and Authority within the <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Wars Universe <span style="font-style:italic;">James F. McGrath Part II: Theologies of the Jedi 2 Use (the) Force: Jedi, Monks, and Unexpected Violence <span style="font-style:italic;">Zachary B. Smith 3 And What More Shall I Say? Heroism in Hebrews 11 and <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Wars <span style="font-style:italic;">Bethany Keeley-Jonker and Robert Keeley 4 Rediscovering the Sith and the Jedi: A Spiritual Analogy in Renaissance Humanism and Desert Asceticism <span style="font-style:italic;">Nathan Garcia 5 From Padawan to Jedi: The Theological Premise for the Necessity of the Master-Apprentice Relationship in the Path of Spiritual Ascension <span style="font-style:italic;">Abdallah Rothman 6 And Also With You: An Examination of the Demystification of the Jedi and the Clergy <span style="font-style:italic;">Nettie Brock and Josiah Brock Part III: Political Theologies 7 Subverting the Ancient Religion: The Gray Ecclesiology of Ahsoka Tano and Old Man Luke <span style="font-style:italic;">Timothy Posada 8 In Defense of the Nonviolence Luke: A Confrontation between Niebuhrian Realism and Christian Nonviolence in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Last Jedi <span style="font-style:italic;">Andrew J. Kuzma 9 Undoing the Memory Wipe: Metz, Droids, and the Victims of History <span style="font-style:italic;">Edward Dunar 10 Mysticism and Resistance: Theology of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Last Jedi <span style="font-style:italic;">Rostislav Kůrka 11 Bringing Balance to the Force: George Lucas’ Politico-Critical Refiguring of Salvation <span style="font-style:italic;">John C. McDowell Part IV: Engaging Classic Thinkers 12 The Modern Manichaeans: Binaries of Light and Dark in Contemporary Culture <span style="font-style:italic;">Jonathan Lyonhart 13 Thomas Aquinas’ Account of Hope as a Hermeneutical Lens for <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Wars <span style="font-style:italic;">Shaun C. Brown 14 An <span style="font-style:italic;">Archē Not Anarchic Enough: A Spirited Critique of the Force <span style="font-style:italic;">Ryan G. Duns 15 Lifting Rocks: Camus, Sainthood, and the Anti-Heroic in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Last Jedi <span style="font-style:italic;">Russell P. Johnson
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.4375; Star Wars films -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978707245
• Related ISBNs: 9781978707238
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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