Theology and Vampires

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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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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Utgivningsdatum2025-02-15
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt552 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTheology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781978716896

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Introduction, Madeline PotterChapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction, Alison MilbankChapter 2: ‘Bless Me Lord, For I am Going to Sin:’ Vampire Priests, the Role of Blood, Religion and Gothic Heresy, Jonathan GreenawayChapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion, Esotericism, Responses in English and Bengali Literature, Shaona BarikChapter 4: What We [Actually] Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova’s The Historian, David K. GoodinChapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan, Justin MullisChapter 6: In the Beginning, God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology, Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died, Mary GoingChapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori, Vampire Narratives, and the Absence of Evil, Leo ChuChapter 8: “We are on a Mission from God.” – Alucard, Theology, Monsters, and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012), Marthe-Siobhán HeckeChapter 9: Vampire Priests and “Cult Messiahs” in Stephen King’s ’Salem’s Lot, Curtis RunstedlerChapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire’s Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition, Kari SawdenChapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism, Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin’s Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction, Gavin F. HurleyChapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil, Peter Morgan and Terance Espinoza

Theology and Vampires provides an historically and geographically comprehensive account of the theological journey undertaken by the vampire from the nineteenth century to the present day. From Britain to India and Japan, these essays bear witness to the complex manifestation of vampirism in a variety of national and theological contexts. This volume charts the rich theological development of the undead vampire in novels, films, and manga. This is an important book for any scholar working on the history of the vampire across media forms.