Part I. Introduction. Introduction / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. and Terry R. Clark - Part II. Biblical Characters in Popular Culture. The Impact of Adam and Eve on Popular Culture's Understandings of Women's Roles and Evolution / Theresa M. Sanders ; Moses and Popular Culture / Linda S. Schearing ; Nic Roeg's Retelling of Judges 16 in Samson and Delilah (1996) / Caroline Blyth ; David and Bathsheba in Children's Bibles and Adult Novels / David M. Gunn ; Queen Esther Imagined as a Disney Princess / Katherine B. Low ; Jesus and Post-Soul Satire on the Small Screen / Eric Thurman ; Judas in Films / Carol A. Hebron - Part III. Biblical Themes in Popular Culture. Creation in American Popular Culture / James McGrath ; The Biblical Theme of Covenant and American Popular Culture from Colonial Times to Comic Books / Terry R. Clark ; Biblical Prophecy and Popular Fantasy and Science Fiction / David G. Garber, Jr. ; Scenes from the End of the World in American Popular Culture / Shayna Sheinfeld ; Heaven after the Loss of Heaven / Deane Galbraith ; Hell and the Devil / Kathryn Gin Lum ; The Rapture in American Imagination / Tina Pippin ; The Afterlife in the Bible and Popular Culture / Greg Garrett -- Part IV. Bible in Popular Cultural Genres. Genesis 1-11 in the Qatsi Film Trilogy / Gregory Allen Robbins ; Television and the Bible in American Popular Culture / Matthew A. Collins ; The Bible in Pop and Rock Music / Michael J. Gilmour ; Improvising on the Canon through Jazz Music and Biblical Interpretation in American Popular Culture / Andrew Moss ; Nonbiblical Comics Engage the Bible / Elizabeth Rae Coody ; The Book of Jonah in Graphic Novel Adaptations of the Bible / Scott S. Elliott ; How American Newspaper Comic Strips Portray God, Angels, and Humans / Leonard Greenspoon ; The Material Dimension of the Bible from Print to Digital Text / Katja Rakow ; Apocalypse and Video Games / Rachel Wagner -- Part V. "Lived"/Performative Examples of Bible and Popular Culture. Theme Parks / James S. Bielo ; Touring Creation Museums, featuring Dinosaurs in Eden, Philandering Aliens, and the Flood that Changed Molecular Reality! / Valarie H. Ziegler ; Crucifixions, Cosplay, and Participatory Fan Cultures / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- Part VI. The State of the Field. The Ten Commandments, Postcards, and Methodological Issues and Opportunities / Scott Langston ; Teaching Bible and American Popular Culture / Jane S. Webster ; Publishing in Bible and American Popular Culture / Robert Paul Seesengood.
Summary:
"The study of the reciprocal relationship between the Bible and popular culture has blossomed in the past few decades, and the time seems ripe for a broadly-conceived work that assesses the current state of the field, offers examples of work in that field, and suggests directions for further study. This Handbook includes a wide range of topics organized under several broad themes, including biblical characters and themes in popular culture; the Bible in popular cultural genres; "lived" examples; and a concluding section in which we take stock of methodologies like Reception History and the impact of the field on teaching and publishing. These topics are all addressed by focusing on specific examples from film, television, comics, music, literature, video games, science fiction, material culture, museums, and theme parks, to name a few. This book represents a major contribution to the field by some of its leading practitioners, and will be a key resource for the future development of the study of Bible and American popular culture"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.