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  • A Charitable Orthopathy

    Christian Perspectives on Emotions in Multifaith Engagement

    by Paul Louis Metzger ...
    Evangelicals and other conservative Christians of the twenty-first century face enormous challenges in the pluralistic public square, not least with Muslims and atheists. Contrary to biblical injunctions to "keep in step with the Spirit" (Gal 5:25b) and to love our neighbors as ourselves (e.g., Matt 22:37-40; Luke 10:25-37)--both of which involve not only behavioral but also important affective ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Undead and Theology

    Edited by Kim Paffenroth, John W. Morehead ...
    The academy and pop culture alike recognize the great symbolic and teaching value of the undead, whether vampires, zombies, or other undead or living-dead creatures. This has been explored variously from critiques of consumerism and racism, through explorations of gender and sexuality, to consideration of the breakdown of the nuclear family. Most academic examinations of the undead have been ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters

    Edited by Brandon R. Grafius, John W. Morehead ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters brings together the work of world-renowned scholars in Bible, theology, religion, and cultural studies to explore the monsters that rampage through the biblical text. Essays provide in-depth analysis of the Ancient Near Eastern background of these creatures, explore how they have continued to live on after the biblical text, and discuss how they remain ... Read more

    $158.39 USD

  • Theology and Horror

    Explorations of the Dark Religious Imagination

    by John W. Morehead, Mark Richard Adams, Alyssa J. Beall, Amy Beddows, Wickham Clayton, Michael A. Hammett, Jack Hunter, Jessi Knippel, Joshua Wise, Karr? Shimabukuro0, Brandon R. Grafius2, Douglas E. Cowan3, Kevin J. Wetmore,Jr.4, Steve A. Wiggins5 ...
    Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
    Scholars of religion have begun to explore horror and the monstrous, not only within the confines of the biblical text or the traditions of religion, but also as they proliferate into popular culture. This exploration emerges from what has long been present in horror: an engagement with the same questions that animate religious thought – questions about the nature of the divine, humanity's place ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • The Sacred in Fantastic Fandom

    Essays on the Intersection of Religion and Pop Culture

    Edited by John W. Morehead, Venetia Laura Delano Robertson, Carole M. Cusack ...
    To the casual observer, similarities between fan communities and religious believers are difficult to find. Religion is traditional, institutional, and serious; whereas fandom is contemporary, individualistic, and fun. Can the robes of nuns and priests be compared to cosplay outfits of Jedi Knights and anime characters? Can travelling to fan conventions be understood as pilgrimages to the shrines ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Paranormal and Popular Culture

    A Postmodern Religious Landscape

    Edited by Darryl Caterine, John W. Morehead ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    Interest in preternatural and supernatural themes has revitalized the Gothic tale, renewed explorations of psychic powers and given rise to a host of social and religious movements based upon claims of the fantastical. And yet, in spite of this widespread enthusiasm, the academic world has been slow to study this development. This volume rectifies this gap in current scholarship by serving as an ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro

    Critical Essays

    Edited by John W. Morehead ...
    Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro is one of the most prolific artists working in film. His directorial work includes Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II (2008) and Pacific Rim (2013). He has also worked extensively as a producer, with several screenwriting credits to his name. As a novelist he coauthored The ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Joss Whedon and Religion

    Essays on an Angry Atheist's Explorations of the Sacred

    Edited by J. Ryan Parker, John W. Morehead, Anthony R. Mills ...
    This is a collection of new essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon, creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, and more recently writer and director of the box-office hit Marvel's The Avengers. The book addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, witchcraft, spiritual transformation, identity, community, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

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  • One Mind

    How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why it Matters

    by Larry Dossey MD ...
    Imagine a united consciousness, an awareness of which all of our minds are a part . . . and a potential way out of the division, greed, and destruction that threaten to engulf our world.In the 20th century, we were introduced to several subdivisions of the mind: the conscious, unconscious, subconscious, preconscious, and so on. But what we didn't know was that there was another level of ... Read more

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  • Jeepers Creepers

    Canadian Accounts of Weird Events and Experiences

    by John Robert Colombo ...
    Here are over 40 scary, hair-raising, and frightening stories of the supernatural and the paranormal. These are first-person narratives that are unexplained and possibly inexplicable. All of them have been reported to John Robert Colombo, Canada's Master Gatherer of the Arcane, by men and women from various parts of the country, and they're published here in the words of the informants themselves, ... Read more

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  • Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

    Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power

    by Sady Doyle ...
    A Kirkus Reviews “Best Book of the Year”This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her).Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they ... Read more

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  • Dark Folklore

    by Mark Norman, Tracey Norman ...
    How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what's that tapping noise on the roof of your car..?The fields of folklore have never been more popular – a recent resurgence of interest in traditional beliefs and customs, coupled with morbid curiosities in folk horror, historic witchcraft ... Read more

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