| Description |
1 online resource (275 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Part I. Rewritten Bibles, Alternative Christs; Revolution by Other Means: Jefferson, the Jefferson Bible, and Jesus (Tim H. Blessing); Portraying Jesus as Human: The Last Temptation of Christ (Katherine Brown Downey); Nietzsche and Tolstoy on Authentic Christianity (Marc Lucht); Amnesty for the Devil (Gerald S. Vigna); Lamb Unslain: Nonhuman Animals and Shelley's Panentheism (Ruth Vanita); Shaw's Subversion of Biblical Language (Gustavo A. Rodríguez Martín); Song of Myself: Teaching Whitman's New Bible Today (Tracy Floreani) |
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Part II. Angels and Demons Among Us: The Politics and Economics of Heaven and Hell in Popular CultureThe Gospel According to Comic Strips: On Peanuts and The Far Side (Eric Michael Mazur); Religious Discourse in Lost and Battlestar Galactica (Val Nolan); The Radical Theology of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue (Matthew Yde); Fanaticism and Familicide from Wieland to The Shining (Dara Downey); From Bedford Falls to Punxsutawney: Refashioning A Christmas Carol (Grace Moore); Reclaiming the Relation of Religion, Politics, and Economics (Joerg Rieger); About the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
When computers freeze, they are ""rebooted"" to help get things moving in the proper direction again. Similarly, legendary thinkers throughout history have argued that Christianity should start over fresh by recapturing the humanitarian spirit of Jesus' original message. These include such disparate individuals as Thomas Jefferson, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, and the religious leaders of the OccupyWallStreet movement. Surprisingly enough, even classic television shows and films meant to be entertaining--Lost, Battlestar Gal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christianity and culture.
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Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Christianity and art.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Literature & the Arts.
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Christianity and art
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Christianity and culture
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Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Di Paolo, Marc.
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| LC no. |
2013006054 |
| ISBN |
9781476602400 |
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1476602409 |
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