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Title:

Godly heretics : essays on alternative Christianity in literature and popular culture / edited by Marc DiPaolo.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Christianity and culture.
Popular culture--Christianity.--Christianity.
Christianity and art.

Other Authors:

Di Paolo, Marc editor of compilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. Rewritten bibles, alternative Christs. Revolution by any other means : Jefferson, the Jefferson Bible, and Jesus / Tim H. Blessing -- Portraying Jesus as human : The last temptation of Christ / Katherine Brown Downey -- Nietzsche and Tolstoy on authentic Christianity / Marc Lucht -- Amnesty for the devil / Gerald S. Vigna -- Lamb unslain : nonhuman animals and Shelley's panentheism / Ruth Vanita -- Shaw's subversion of biblical language / Gustavo A. Rodr©Ưguez Mart©Ưn -- Song of myself : teaching Whitman's new Bible today / Tracy Floreani -- Part II. Angels and demons among us : the politics and economics of heaven and hell in popular culture. The gospel according to comic strips : on Peanuts and The far side / Eric Michael Mazur -- Religious discourse in Lost and Battlestar Galactica / Val Nolan -- The radical theology of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue / Matthew Yde -- Fanaticism and familicide from Wieland the The shining / Dara Downey -- From Bedford Falls to Punxsutawney : refashioning A Christmas carol / Grace Moore -- Reclaiming the relation of religion, politics, and economics / Joerg Rieger.

Summary:

"This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786467800 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780786467808 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)816564026

LCCN:

2013006054

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)