Religion and Its Monsters

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-92587-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Religion's great and powerful mystery fascinates us, but it also terrifies. So too the monsters that haunt the stories of the Judeo-Christian mythos and earlier traditions: Leviathan, Behemoth, dragons, and other beasts. In this unusual and provocative book, Timothy K. Beal writes about the monsters that lurk in our religious texts, and about how monsters and religion are deeply entwined. Horror and faith are inextricable. Ans as monsters are part of religious texts and traditions, so religion lurks in the modern horror genre, from its birth in Dante's Inferno to the contemporary spookiness of H.P. Lovecraft and the Hellraiser films. Religion and Its Monsters is essential reading for students of religion and popular culture, as well as any readers with an interest in horror.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beal, Timothy K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part One Religion and Its Monsters; Chapter 1 Chaos Gods; Chapter 2 The Bible and Horror; Chapter 3 The Sleep of Wisdom; Chapter 4 From the Whirlwind; Chapter 5 Dinner and a Show; Chapter 6 To the Devil; Part Two Monsters and Their Religion; Chapter 7 New Monsters in Old Skins; Chapter 8 Other Gods; Chapter 9 The Blood is the Life; Chapter 10 Screening Monsters; Chapter 11 Ecomonster; Chapter 12 Our Monsters, Ourselves; conclusion Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy K. Beal holds the Harkness Chair of Biblical Literature at Case Western Reserve University. He is author of The Book of Hiding and co-editor of Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies, both published by Routledge.