Theology and H.p. Lovecraft

Theology and H.P. Lovecraft engages with the work of horror author H.P. Lovecraft from a theological perspective. With responses ranging from admiration to critique, the contributors explore the dark uncharted regions of Lovecraft’s dark mythology in the service of theological truth.

List of contents

Introduction: The Stars Are Right
Austin M. Freeman

Part I: Lovecraft and Biblical Theology

1. Biblical Cosmicism? Religion and Cosmic Insignificance in Old Testament Wisdom Literature and H. P. Lovecraft
Eric Ortlund

2. Dagon and Idolatry: Lovecraft's Use of the Bible in "Dagon" and "The Shadow over Innsmouth"
Alexander P. Thompson

3. Concerning the Hidden God Who Surpasses All Understanding: Lovecraftian Meditations on Christian Theodicy
David K. Goodin

Part II: Lovecraft and Historical Theology

4. "A Dark Poem": Lovecraft's Puritan Aesthetics and the Vice of Curiosity
Geoffrey Reiter

5. August Derleth and the Christianization of the Cthulhu Mythos
J.S. Mackley

6. The Lurker at the Threshold of Interpretation: August Derleth and the Debate over Lovecraftian Dualism
Justin Mullis

Part III: Lovecraft and Systematic Theology

7. When God Goes Mad: Lovecraft, Von Balthasar, and the Split between Transcendence and Goodness
Lyle Enright and Nick Bennett

8. One God Further

About the author

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.Adam Delaney is a full-time PhD scholar with the Australian National University.David K. Goodin is a lecturer for the McGill School of Religious Studies in Montreal and Professeur Associé at the Université Laval, Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe de Montréal.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.

Product details

• Authors: Austin M. Freeman
• Assisted by: Austin M. Freeman (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781978711709
• ISBN: 978-1-978711-70-9
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, English, RELIGION / Theology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000