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Ancient and modern readers alike turn to dystopian tales and topics in order to make sense of experiences of reality that are increasing negative and outside their control. This volume takes theological and religious approaches to dystopian works and themes as revelatory for human flourishing
List of contents
1.Dystopia as Demythologized Apocalyptic
Brandon Simonson and Scott Donahue-Martens
2.The Dystopic Relations of Interstellar: A Response from Christian Ecotheology
Thomas G. Hermans-Webster
3.Color-blind Dystopia: The Giver, Theology, Race, and Ricoeur
Scott Donahue-Martens
4.Qu(e)erying Posthuman Theologies in Ghost in the Shell
Amanda L. Pumphrey and Nicholaus B. Pumphrey
5.Social Life from Scratch: Morality, Religion, and Society in The Walking Dead
Justin F. Martin
6.How NOT to be a Zombie: The Walking Dead and Love for the World
David Penn
7.Dystopia in the Apocalypse: Religion and Community in Asimov's Foundation Universe
Brandon Simonson
8.Katniss, Christos: Sacrifice and Salvation in Scripture and Young Adult Dystopian Novels
Shayna Sheinfeld
9.Dystopian Festivals, Utopian Fictions: Sovereignty, Sacrifice, and Sanctity in Biblical Jubilee and The Purge
C. J. McCrary
10.The Ability or Inability to Change by the Presence or Absence of Deus ex Machina
Beäta Gombko¿to¿
11.The Spectacle of Hope Beyond Capital's Dehumanizing Violence: Reading George Lucas' Dystopian THX 1138
John C. McDowell
About the author
Scott Donahue-Martens is a Ph.D. candidate in Homiletics at Boston University School of Theology.
Brandon Simonson is an instructor of biblical studies at Boston University School of Theology and adjunct lecturer in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies at Merrimack College.
Summary
Ancient and modern readers alike turn to dystopian tales and topics in order to make sense of experiences of reality that are increasing negative and outside their control. This volume takes theological and religious approaches to dystopian works and themes as revelatory for human flourishing
