Theology and Vampires
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Theology and Vampires

  1. 243 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Theology and Vampires

About this book

What can vampires teach us about God? How can they reshape the way we think about religion, and our relationship with the divine? Through a thorough analysis of the relationship between theology and vampires, Theology and Vampires provides a glimpse into the versatility of the vampire as a tool for theological enquiry. Contributions to the volume assess vampires and their role in articulating theological thought, bringing together some of the classical vampire tales of the 19th century, with contemporary iterations of the figure. Considering how vampires are used to ask theological questions across media, from literature through to video games, this volume paints a complex and comprehensive picture of the often overlooked manner in which vampires not only reflect but also actively shape theological modes of enquiry.

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Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction
  8. Chapter 2: “Bless Me Lord, For I am Going to Sin”: Vampire Priests, the Role of Blood, Religion and Gothic Heresy
  9. Chapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion, Esotericism, Responses in English and Bengali Literature
  10. Chapter 4: What We (Actually) Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova’s The Historia
  11. Chapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan
  12. Chapter 6: In the Beginning, God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology, Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died
  13. Chapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori, Vampire Narratives, and the Absence of Evil
  14. Chapter 8: “We are on a Mission from God”: Alucard, Theology, Monsters, and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006–2012)
  15. Chapter 9: Vampire Priests and “Cult Messiahs” in Stephen King’s ’Salem’s Lot
  16. Chapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire’s Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition
  17. Chapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism, Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin’s Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction
  18. Chapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil
  19. Index
  20. About the Contributors