American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema (PDF)
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This book explores the idea of the "American monomyth" that pervades American hero stories and examines its philosophical and theological origins and specific manifestations in early American superhero comics. Surveying the anthropologies of six American theologians who argue against many of the monomyth's assumptions, principally the staunch individualism taken to be the model of humanity, and who offer relationality as a more realistic and ethical alternative, this book offers a detailed argument for the intimate historical relationship between the now disparate fields of comic book/superhero film creation, on the one hand, and Christian theology, on the other, in the United States. An understanding of the early connections between theology and American conceptions of heroism helps to further make sense of their contemporary parallels, wherein superhero stories and theology are not strictly separate phenomena but have shared origins and concerns.
Anthony R. Mills received his PhD in Theology and Culture from Fuller Seminary. He contributes to poptheology.com and blogs at transgressivespaces.blogspot.com.
- Autor: Anthony Mills
- 2013, 216 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10: 113501437X
- ISBN-13: 9781135014377
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
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