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Good Omens and the Bible provides a diversely rich collection of considerations of apocalypse and apocalypticism, via responses to the reception of the Bible in the landmark cultural icon that is Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990). These essays explore the perplexing, captivating, and curious interactions between Good Omens and biblical literature. Interdisciplinary explorations reveal how both the novel and TV series reflects and explodes contemporary ideas about the end times. Filtering references to biblical apocalypses through the lens of popular culture, Good Omens shines a light on the received interpretations of apocalyptic thinking that resonate in the present, revealing in turn something about ourselves. Together, these essays open up conversations about how Good Omens makes use of religious ideas about textuality, performance, theodicy, and the role of popular culture in the proliferation of those conversations. This book illustrates the ways in which the novel and series are agents in the continuation of cultural debates about important, wide-ranging theological and biblical issues.

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Meredith JC Warren is Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield, where she directs the Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. Shayna Sheinfeld is Assistant Professor of Religion at Augsburg University, where she teaches and conducts research on ancient Judaism, gender, and biblical afterlives. Charlotte Naylor Davis is a scholar of Metal Music Studies engaging in research and collaborative projects on gender and the Bible in metal lyrics, fandom and material culture.

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