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Tag Archives: zombies
Zombie Jesus Day: When Labels (Re-)Make Reality
By Philip L. Tite Over the Easter weekend, I heard a story of a young child at a local school discussing the Easter holidays with her friends. The holiday that her family celebrates, she said, is actually called Zombie Jesus … Continue reading
ParaNorman: Shame, Zombies, Justice
By Donovan Schaefer Laika studio’s phenomenal animated film ParaNorman, like all good kids movies, works on several intellectual levels, delighting our children but also using the fairy tale genre to address thematic complexes with grown-up implications. (What follows is a … Continue reading
Theorizing Zombies
[This paper was presented at the AAR's Southeast Regional Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) yearly conference in Atlanta on March 3, 2o12, as part of a panel on "Zombies and Zombie Apocalypses."] By Kate Dailey-Baley The zombie genre … Continue reading
Posted in Kate Daley-Bailey, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Theory, Theory and Method
Tagged AAR, SECSOR, the Walking Dead, zombies
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Klansmen, Zombie Apocalypses, and End Times Narratives: Or, an Afternoon with Kelly J. Baker
Kelly Baker is a Lecturer of Religious Studies and American Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In the following interview, Baker discusses her recent book, Gospel According to the Klan (University Press of Kansas, 2011), which, as her UT … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Kenny Paul Smith
Tagged Alien abduction, conspiracy theory, Gospel, Kelly Baker, Klan, Knoxville, New York Times, Religion, teaching, University of Tennessee, zombies
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Apocalypse Profane: Revenants, Vampires, Zombies
[This paper was presented at the AAR's Southeast Regional Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) yearly conference in Atlanta on March 3, 2o12, as part of a panel on "Zombies and Zombie Apocalypses."] By Gregory L. Reece The word … Continue reading
Posted in Gregory L. Reece, Religion and Popular Culture
Tagged AAR, folklore, horror films, SECSOR, vampires, zombies
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The Other Kind of “Apocalypse”: The Christian Worldview of “They Live”
[This paper was presented at the AAR's Southeast Regional Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) yearly conference in Atlanta on March 3, 2o12, as part of a panel on "Zombies and Zombie Apocalypses."] By Joseph Laycock John Carpenter’s They … Continue reading
Posted in Joseph Laycock, Religion and Popular Culture
Tagged AAR, John Carpenter, SECSOR, They Live, zombies
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Vampire Churches, Vampire Images, and “Invented Religions”
[Please Note: This paper was presented at the AAR's Southeast Regional Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) yearly conference in Atlanta this past weekend, as part of a panel on "Zombies and Zombie Apocalypses." Over the next week, additional … Continue reading
Posted in Kenny Paul Smith, Religion and Popular Culture
Tagged AAR, churches, commodities, Dragon-Con, religion and popular culture, SECSOR, vampires, zombies
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