Theology and Vampires
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2025
256 pages
978-1-9787-1690-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 b/w illustrations;
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-1690-2 (9781978716902)
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Madeline Potter
Theology and Vampires
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Madeline Potter is Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow in the Long 19th Century (Romanticism to Victorianism) at University of Edinburgh.
Content
Introduction, Madeline Potter
Chapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction, Alison Milbank
Chapter 2: 'Bless Me Lord, For I am Going to Sin:' Vampire Priests, the Role of Blood, Religion and Gothic Heresy, Jonathan Greenaway
Chapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion, Esotericism, Responses in English and Bengali Literature, Shaona Barik
Chapter 4: What We [Actually] Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova's The Historian, David K. Goodin
Chapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan, Justin Mullis
Chapter 6: In the Beginning, God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology, Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died, Mary Going
Chapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori, Vampire Narratives, and the Absence of Evil, Leo Chu
Chapter 8: "We are on a Mission from God." - Alucard, Theology, Monsters, and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012), Marthe-Siobhán Hecke
Chapter 9: Vampire Priests and "Cult Messiahs" in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, Curtis Runstedler
Chapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire's Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition, Kari Sawden
Chapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism, Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara's The Addiction, Gavin F. Hurley
Chapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil, Peter Morgan and Terance Espinoza
Chapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction, Alison Milbank
Chapter 2: 'Bless Me Lord, For I am Going to Sin:' Vampire Priests, the Role of Blood, Religion and Gothic Heresy, Jonathan Greenaway
Chapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion, Esotericism, Responses in English and Bengali Literature, Shaona Barik
Chapter 4: What We [Actually] Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova's The Historian, David K. Goodin
Chapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan, Justin Mullis
Chapter 6: In the Beginning, God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology, Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died, Mary Going
Chapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori, Vampire Narratives, and the Absence of Evil, Leo Chu
Chapter 8: "We are on a Mission from God." - Alucard, Theology, Monsters, and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012), Marthe-Siobhán Hecke
Chapter 9: Vampire Priests and "Cult Messiahs" in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, Curtis Runstedler
Chapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire's Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition, Kari Sawden
Chapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism, Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara's The Addiction, Gavin F. Hurley
Chapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil, Peter Morgan and Terance Espinoza
