Theology, Religion, and Watchmen

David K. Goodin is a Lecturer for the McGill School of Religious Studies in Montreal and Professeur Associé at the Université Laval, Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe de MontréalMatthew Brake (M.Div., Regent University) is the series editor for the Theology and Pop Culture series and runs the Popular Culture and Theology blog.

• Introduction: Seeing the Sacred in Watchmen1 – “I Have Seen its True Face”: The Parable of the Antagonistic Subject2 – Onward Christian Soldiers: American Cold-War Culture in Watchmen3 – ‘A Clock without a Craftsman? Watchmen as a Parody of Divine Providence4 – Echoes of Scripture in Watchmen and What is Left Unsaid5 – Pop Theology in the Quantum Age: The Curious Case of Dr. Manhattan and Mr. Hype6 – An Intricately Structured Jewel: Time, Eternity, and Doctor Manhattan7 – “Nothing Ever Ends”: Dr. Manhattan and Robert Jenson on Eternity, Time, and Love8 – Caring Watchmakers? Impassibility and Theodicy in Watchmen & Kingdom Come9 – “We Exist Upon the Whim of Murderers”: Tainted Messiahs and the Menace of Superhero Culture in Tales of the Black Freighter10 – “Existence is Random”: Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl, and the Post-Holocaust Theology of Watchmen 11 – The Comedian and the Watchman of Copenhagen12 – The Divine Comedian: The Kennedys, Conflict, and Confession13 – Who Are You? And Who Am I? Pastoral Care Perspectives and Divine Experiences with Dr. Manhattan14 – The Tragic Hope of Mime and Marionette: Sime Weil’s Gravity and Grace in the Watchmen Metaverse15 – “You Only See What You Want To See”: Trust in Testimony in Doomsday Clock16 – Dr. Manhattan is Alive and Well and Living in Tulsa: Collective Trauma and Secular Religiosity at the Narrative Core of Watchmen17 – Kenosis, Theodicy, and Weak Messianic Power in Watchmen18 – Breaking Idols, Hatching Gods: The Significance of Watchmen for Radical Theology19 – Conspiracies and New Religious Movements in Tom King’s Rorschach