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Theology and the DC Universe contains fifteen scholarly explorations of the role of theology and religion in DC's comics, films, and television shows.
List of contents
Introduction - Gabriel Mckee and Roshan Abraham
1. A Plenitude of Creators: Cosmogony in the DC and Christian Canons - Christopher Heard
2. By(e) Rao! Personification or Deception - David A. Skelton
3. Reimagining Gnostic Theo-Mythology through Grant Morrison's JLA: Rock of Ages - Matthew J. Dillon
4. Superman v. The Powers: What Walter Wink's Nonviolent Theology Reveals About the Man of Steel's "No-Killing" Rule - Andrew Kuzma
5. Providentialism and Political Religion: Zack Snyder's Man of Steel - John C. McDowell
6. Wonder Woman and the Labors of Hercules - Janelle Peters
7. Dr. Fate and Meher Baba: The Aesthetics of a Comic Book Cosmology - James Newell
8. The Queer Theology of the Doom Patrol - Michael Barnes Norton and Jana McAuliffe
9. The St. Francis of the DC Universe: How Animal Man Makes the Case for Pluralism in Animal Ethics - Andrew Kuzma
10. The Gospel According to Robin Hood and the Rebirth of Green Arrow - Danielle Terceiro
11. In the Land of No Return: Nergal and Mesopotamian Religion in DC's Hellblazer - Gina Konstantopoulos
12. Lost Souls and Old Sons: Augustinian Theodicy and the Path to Redemption in NBC's Constantine - Darian J. Shump
13. God Will be All in All: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Darkseid as Omega Point in Final Crisis - Matthew Brake
14. Utopia, Rebellion, and the Kingdom of Heaven in the Legion of Super-Heroes - Gabriel Mckee
15. War and Hope: Apocalyptic Theology in Kingdom Come - Gregory Stevenson
About the author
Gabriel Mckee (M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School) is Librarian for Collections and Services at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.
Roshan Abraham is an instructor/advisor in American University's First-Year Experience program and an adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.
Summary
Theology and the DC Universe contains fifteen scholarly explorations of the role of theology and religion in DC’s comics, films, and television shows.
