Theology and the Star Wars Universe
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Theology and the Star Wars Universe

  1. 251 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Theologizing Star Wars
  5. Opening Essay
  6. The Word of God and the W(h)ill of the Force
  7. Theologies of the Jedi
  8. Use (the) Force
  9. And What More Shall I Say?
  10. Rediscovering the Sith and the Jedi
  11. From Padawan to Jedi
  12. And Also with You
  13. Political Theologies
  14. Subverting the Ancient Religion
  15. In Defense of the Nonviolent Luke
  16. Undoing the Memory Wipe
  17. Mysticism and Resistance
  18. Bringing Balance to the Force
  19. Engaging Classical Thinkers
  20. The Modern Manichaeans
  21. Thomas Aquinas’s Account of Hope as a Hermeneutical Lens for Star Wars
  22. An Archē Not Anarchic Enough
  23. Lifting Rocks
  24. Index
  25. About the Contributors