Religion and Its Monsters
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Religion and Its Monsters

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Religion and Its Monsters

About this book

Religious encounters with mystery can be fascinating, but also terrifying. So too when it comes to encounters with the monsters that haunt Jewish and Christian traditions. Religion has a lot to do with horror, and horror has a lot to do with religion. Religion has its monsters, and monsters have their religion. In this unusual and provocative book, Timothy Beal explores how religion, horror, and the monstrous are deeply intertwined.

This new edition has been thoughtfully updated, reflecting on developments in the field over the past two decades and highlighting its contributions to emerging conversations. It also features a new chapter, "Gods, Monsters, and Machines," which engages cultural fascinations and anxieties about technologies of artificial intelligence and machine learning as they relate to religion and the monstrous at the dawn of the Anthropocene.

Religion and Its Monsters is essential reading for students and scholars of religion and popular culture, as well as for any readers with an interest in horror theory or monster theory.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780367440381
eBook ISBN
9781000786194
Edition
2
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Endorsements Page
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction to the Second Edition
  11. Introduction to the First Edition: Religion and Its Monsters, Monsters and Their Religion
  12. Part I Religion and Its Monsters
  13. Part II Monsters and Their Religion
  14. Conclusion: Here Be Monsters
  15. Index