Marveling Religion
eBook - PDF

Marveling Religion

Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

  1. 285 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Marveling Religion

Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

About this book

Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an edited volume that explores the intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical discourse. The focus of the shared inquiry are various films comprising the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and corresponding Netflix series. The contributors explore various religious themes and how they intersect with culture through the canon on the MCU. The first part focuses on responses to the societal, governmental, and cultural context that solidified with clarity during the 2016 Presidential Election cycle in the United States and in the following administration. Additionally, it provides lenses and resources for engaging in productive public actions. Part two explores cultural resources of sustaining activism and resistance as well as some of the key issues at stake in public action. The third part centers on militarization and resistance to state violence. Taken in concert, these three sections work together to provide frames for understanding while also keeping us engaged in the concrete action to mobilize social change. The overarching aim of the volume is to promote critical discourse regarding the dynamics of activism and political resistance.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781978795402
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Part I: Technology, Violence, and Sacrifice
  9. Chapter 1: “I See a Suit of Armor around the World”: Tony Stark’s Techno-Idolatry and Self-Sacrificial Love
  10. Chapter 2: Mimesis, Conflict, and Sacrificial Crisis in Black Panther
  11. Chapter 3: Bulletproof Love: Luke Cage, Race, and Religion
  12. Part II: Power, Worth, and Society
  13. Chapter 4: Old Gods in New Films: History, Culture, and Religion in Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and Thor: Ragnarok
  14. Chapter 5: The Worthiness of Thor
  15. Chapter 6: “Who Are You?”: RenĂ© Girard, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Black Panther
  16. Chapter 7: The Failure of a God: Thor, the Snap, and Post-Holocaust Political Theology
  17. Chapter 8: Mysterio as Antichrist in Spider-Man: Far From Home
  18. Part III: Deconstructing Norms, Imagining the New
  19. Chapter 9: Science and the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Deconstructing the Boundary between Science, Technology, and Religion
  20. Chapter 10: Religion, Science, and the Marvel Universe: Reimagining Human–Earth Relations
  21. Chapter 11: “Open Your Eye”: Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Trauma Resolution
  22. Part IV: Forming Identity
  23. Chapter 12: Marveling at Captain Danvers, Or, What Is So Super about Our Heroes?: Contesting the Identity Politics of Self-Other
  24. Chapter 13: The Supermuslim and the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A Complicated Trajectory of Fantasy and Agency
  25. Chapter 14: Bad Girls Turned Superwomen: A Critical Appraisal of the MCU Archetype for Superheroines
  26. Index
  27. About the Contributors