Knockin' on Heaven's Door - The Bible and Popular Culture

Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Queer Heroes; Chapter 2 Cows with Guns:; Chapter 3 Night Sprinkle(s); Chapter 4 Stolen Water is Sweeter, Stolen Bread Tastes Better; Chapter 5 Ezekiel's Axl, or, Anarchism and Ecstasy; Chapter 6 Pawing through Garbage; Chapter 7 Graves of Craving;

About the author

Roland Boer lectures in Hebrew Bible at the United Theological College, Sydney, Australia. His previous publications include Jameson and Jeroboam (1996) and Novel Histories: The Fiction of Biblical Criticism (1997).

Product details

• Authors: Roland Boer
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.1999
• EAN: 9780415194112
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19411-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works