The Spirit and the Screen

Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture

Series Editor: Matthew Brake

The Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture series examines the intersection of theology, religion, and popular culture, including, but not limited to television, movies, sequential art, and genre fiction. In a world plagued by rampant polarization of every kind and the decline of religious literacy in the public square, Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture is uniquely poised to educate and entertain a diverse audience utilizing one of the few things society at large still holds in common: love for popular culture.

Select Titles in the Series

The Spirit and the Screen: Pneumatological Reflections on Contemporary Cinema, edited by Chris E. W. Green and Steven Félix-Jäger

Bob Dylan and the Spheres of Existence, by Christopher B. Barnett

Theology and Protest Music, edited by Heidi M. Altman and Jonathan H. Harwell

Animated Parables: A Pedagogy of Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues, by Terry Lindvall

Theology and Batman: Examining the Religious World of the Dark Knight, edited by Matthew Brake and C. K. Robertson

Theology, Religion, and Dystopia, edited by Scott Donahue-Martens and Brandon Simonson

Theology and H. P. Lovecraft, edited by Austin M. Freeman

Theology and Breaking Bad, edited by David K. Goodin and George Tsakiridis

Theology and the Star Wars Universe, edited by Benjamin D. Espinoza

Theology and Black Mirror, edited by Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne

Theology and the Game of Thrones, edited by Matthew Brake

Theology and Spider-Man, edited by George Tsakiridis

René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture, edited by Ryan G. Duns and T. Derrick Witherington

Theology and Horror: Explorations of the Dark Religious Imagination, edited by Brandon R. Grafius and John W. Morehead

Theology and Prince, edited by Jonathan H. Harwell and Rev. Katrina E. Jenkins

Theology and the Marvel Universe, edited by Gregory Stevenson

The Spirit and the Screen

Pneumatological Reflections on Contemporary Cinema

Edited by

Chris E. W. Green

Steven Félix-Jäger

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