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Title Joss Whedon and religion : essays on an angry atheist's explorations of the sacred / edited by Anthony R. Mills, John W. Morehead and J. Ryan Parker ; foreword by K. Dale Koontz.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
©2013

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Description vi, 232 pages ; 23 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Varieties of conversion: spiritual transformation in the Buffyverse / Jeremy R. Ricketts -- The harrowing of hell: "Anne" and the Greek paschal tradition in conversation / Hope K. Bartel and Timothy E.G. Bartel -- Mary and Buffy walk into a bar: the virgin deity and Buffy the vampire slayer / Valerie Mayhew -- "Oh ... my ... goddess": witchcraft, magick, and thealogy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Jason Lawton Winslade -- Apocalypse now and again: The apocalyptic paradigm and the meaning of life and (Un)death in Buffy the vampire slayer / Roslyn Weaver -- Who's afraid of the big, black wolf? racial identity and the irrationality of religious belief in firefly and Serenity / Desire de Jesus -- "You're welcome on my boat, God ain't": ethical foundations in the Whedonverse / Dean A. Kowalski -- Actives, affectivity, and the soul: interpreting Dollhouse through the phenomenology of Michel Henry / J. Leavitt Pearl -- Just to love and be loved in return: identity and love in the Dollhouse / Julie Clawson -- "There's no place I can be": Whedon, Augustine, and the earthly city / Susanne E. Foster and James B. South -- To assemble or to shrug? power, responsibility, and SAcrifice in Marvel's The Avengers / Russell W. Dalton -- National treasures: Joss Whedon's assembling of exceptional Avengers / John C. McDowell -- As it ever was ... so shall it never be: penal substitutionary atonement theory and violence in The cabin in the woods / J. Ryan Parker -- "I'm sorry I ... ended the world": eschatology, nihilism, and hope in The cabin in the Woods / W. Scott Poole.
Summary "This collection of essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, spiritual transformation, witchcraft, identity, community, heroism, apocalypse, and others. The disciplinary approaches vary as well; history, theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, cultural studies, and religious studies are all employed in different ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Whedon, Joss, 1964- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Whedon, Joss, 1964- -- Religion.
Whedon, Joss, 1964- (OCoLC)fst00346242
Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Author Mills, Anthony R., 1978- editor.
Morehead, John W., 1964- editor.
Parker, J. Ryan, 1980- editor.
ISBN 9780786472901 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786472901 (softcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. 40022775320

 
    
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