Joss Whedon and Religion: Essays on an Angry Atheist's Explorations of the Sacred
- ISBN-10
- 0786472901
- ISBN-13
- 9780786472901
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-06
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Authors
- J. Ryan Parker, John W. Morehead, Anthony R. Mills
Description
"This collection of essays on the religious themes in, and the implications of, the works of Joss Whedon addresses such topics as ethics, racism, feminism, politics, spiritual transformation, witchcraft, identity, community, heroism, apocalypse, and others. The disciplinary approaches vary as well; history, theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, cultural studies, and religious studies are all employed in different ways"--
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