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Theology and Game of Thrones explores themes of religion, institutional norms, and power, Christian ecclesiology, Augustinian thought, religious pluralism and representation, and theology's relationship with sexual violence and death in the HBO television series and the original
A Song of Ice and Fire novels.
List of contents
Introduction: Sex, Violence, and Theology in the World of Ice and Fire
Matthew BrakePart I: Power and Sacred Institutions in the Seven Kingdoms
1. Seasons Change and "Winter is Coming": Patterning in
Game of Thrones and the Hebrew Bible
Eric X. Jarrard2. Targaryen Exceptionalism and Politics in the Sacred Structures of Westeros
Mollie Gossage and Edgar Valles3. Guest Rights and Gods: Historical Hospitium in Game of Thrones
Katy KriegerPart II: Ecclesiology of Thrones
4. What is Dead May Never Die: The Drowned God and Jesus' Call to Discipleship
Shaun C. Brown5. Ragamuffins Bound by the Word: The Ecclesiology of the Night's Watch
Drew McIntyrePart III: Augustine Goes to Westeros
6. Night Kings and Shadow Assassins: Reflections on Death, Evil, and Privation
Mark Wiebe 7. The Faith of the Seven and Faith in the Trinity
David MahfoodPart IV: Dispatches from Essos: Pluralism and Orientalism in the World of Ice and Fire
8. Is Hinduism Present in
Game of Thrones?
Jeffery D. Long9. "To reach the west you must go east": The Empty Shadow of Postsecular Orientalism in A Song of Ice and Fire
Justin KH Tse10. Comparative Worldview Studies and
A Song of Ice and Fire: World Religions, Comparison, and Fictional Worlds
Nathan FredericksonPart V: The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors: Sexual Violence, Death, and the Real in
Game of Thrones11. Concupiscence, Coercion, and the Communion of Persons: Reading the Rape of Cersei
Susan Johnston12. Valar Morghulis: Late-Modern Imaginaries of Death and Nihilism in Game of Thrones
Andrew D. Thrasher13. Hodor: The Transubstantiation of the word Made Death, The Theological Real in Game of Thrones
Loraine Haywood
About the author
Edited by Matthew Brake - Contributions by Matthew Brake; Shaun C. Brown; Nathan Fredrickson; Mollie Gossage; Loraine Haywood; Eric X. Jarrard; Susan Johnston; Katy Krieger; Jeffery D. Long; David Mahfood; Drew McIntyre; Andrew D. Thrasher; Justin KH Tse;
Summary
Theology and Game of Thrones explores themes of religion, institutional norms, and power, Christian ecclesiology, Augustinian thought, religious pluralism and representation, and theology’s relationship with sexual violence and death in the HBO television series and the original A Song of Ice and Fire novels.
