Overview
Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies. The essays explore demonology in popular culture from a range of perspectives: Satanism within contemporary music; the relationship between hymn and horror film; the career of Hannibal Lecter; the portrayal of Satan in films about Christ; and spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter Stories. This fresh and ground-breaking volume will be of interest to students of religious studies and theology, as well as literary and popular culture.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher H. Partridge ,
Eric S. Christianson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781845533106
ISBN 10: 1845533100
Pages: 225
Publication Date: 01 May 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An important book that is unashamed to ask what musicians, movie-makers and novelists are saying about the demonic and how their views affect religious outlooks. - Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception The research presented in this anthology is worthy of advanced students of the subject, but the language, style and overall clarity of presentation makes it accessible to the generalist. All of the papers are of unquestionable value to scholars of many aspects of popular culture, including music, art history, literature, and film, as well as religion. - Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
Author Information
Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion and Co-director of the Research Centre for Religion and Popular Culture at the University of Chester. He is co-editor of the journal Fieldwork in Religion, author of The Re-Enchantment of the West, 2 volumes (2004-2006) and the co-editor of the series Studies in Popular Music (Equinox). He is the editor of several volumes on new religious belief in the contemporary world, including The World's Religions (2005), Encyclopedia of New Religions (2004), UFO Religions (2003), Mysticisms East and West (with Theodore Gabriel - 2003), and Fundamentalisms (2001).Eric Christianson is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Chester. He has recently published a commentary on the cultural reception history of the book of Ecclesiastes (Blackwell) and co-edited a volume of essays entitled Cinema Divinite: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film (SCM).
