Theology and the Marvel Universe

Theology and the Marvel Universe combines cutting-edge scholarship on theology with the comic, film, and television stories of the Marvel Universe. Fourteen contributors from around the world engage these stories in a theological dialogue that highlights the significance of these stories as a vibrant part of our cultural mythology.

List of contents

1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga

Kristen Leigh Mitchell

2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones

Taylor J. Ott

3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers

Matthew Brake

4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books

Dan W. Clanton, Jr.

5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology

Tim Posada

6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation

Levi Morrow

7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness

Gregory Stevenson

8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue

Jeremy E. Scarbrough

9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil

Daniel D. Clark

10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe

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About the author

Matthew Brake (M.Div., Regent University) is the series editor for the Theology and Pop Culture series and runs the Popular Culture and Theology blog.Boyd L. Bradbury is a professor and chair of the Department of Leadership and Learning at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is a core faculty member in the Doctor of Education degree program.Tim Posada is chair of journalism and new media at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California.Andrew D. Thrasher is adjunct professor of religions studies at George Mason University and in the Virginia Community College System.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Stevenson
• Assisted by: Gregory Stevenson (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781978706170
• ISBN: 978-1-978706-17-0
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Theology and Pop Culture; Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, RELIGION / Theology, Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Religious, Theology, Films, cinema, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form