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Author:   Christopher H. Partridge ,  Eric S. Christianson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781845533090

ISBN 10:   1845533097
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Christopher Partridge & Eric ChristiansonPart I: MusicCHAPTER 1: Satanism and Popular Music Asbjorn Dyrendal (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)CHAPTER 2: Between Hymn and Horror Film: How Do We Listen to the Cradle of Filth?Peter Mercer-Taylor (University of Minnesota)CHAPTER 3: When Demons Come Calling: Dealing with the Devil and Paradigms of Life in African American MusicAnthony Pinn (Rice University, Houston)CHAPTER 4: Dark Theology: Dissident Commerce, Gothic Capitalism and The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll Charlie Blake (Liverpool Hope University)Part II: FilmCHAPTER 5: Speak of the Devil: The Portrayal of Satan in the Christ FilmBill Telford (University of Durham)CHAPTER 6: Celluloid Vampires, Technology, and the Decline of ReligionTitus Hjelm (University of Helsinki)CHAPTER 7: A Man of Wealth and Taste: The Strange Career of Hannibal LecterBrian Baker (University of Lancaster)CHAPTER 8: Demons of the New Polytheism George Aichele (Adrian College, Michigan)CHAPTER 9: Scriptural Dimensions of Evil: Biblical Text as Timepiece, Talisman, and TatooLarry Kreitzer (University of Oxford)Part III: LiteratureCHAPTER 10: James Hogg and the Demons of Scottish PresbyterianismCrawford Gribben (University of Manchester)CHAPTER 11: Voldemort, Death Eaters, Dementors, and the Dark Arts: A Contemporary Theology of Spiritual Perversion in the Harry Potter StoriesColin Duriez

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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

""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).

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