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- English
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Theology and the Star Wars Universe
About this book
Scholars have been arguing for years that Star Wars is more than light sabers, Wookies, Millennium Falcons, and troubling familial relationships. Star Wars is an exciting space fantasy that we can explore from multiple academic perspectives, such as philosophy and psychology. This volume adds to that conversation by asking, "what would it look like if we analyzed the Star Wars universe theologically?" In Theology and the Star Wars Universe, contributors from various theological traditions take on this task by exploring the nature of the Force, the spiritual role of the Jedi, nonviolent and liberationist readings of the Franchise, and the enduring power of hope. Written for the restless, curious academic but accessible to diehard fans, Theology and the Star Wars Universe is an exciting foray into the study of theology and popular culture.
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
Film & VideoTable of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Theologizing Star Wars
- Opening Essay
- The Word of God and the W(h)ill of the Force
- Theologies of the Jedi
- Use (the) Force
- And What More Shall I Say?
- Rediscovering the Sith and the Jedi
- From Padawan to Jedi
- And Also with You
- Political Theologies
- Subverting the Ancient Religion
- In Defense of the Nonviolent Luke
- Undoing the Memory Wipe
- Mysticism and Resistance
- Bringing Balance to the Force
- Engaging Classical Thinkers
- The Modern Manichaeans
- Thomas Aquinas’s Account of Hope as a Hermeneutical Lens for Star Wars
- An Archē Not Anarchic Enough
- Lifting Rocks
- Index
- About the Contributors
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