The Lure of the Dark SideSatan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture
Edited by: Christopher Partridge, Eric Christianson
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Description
Personifications of evil in the form of demons, devils, spirits, vampires, and other malign entities can be found across the popular cultural spectrum. One only has to peruse the shelves of music and bookstores or view the content of some of the most successful films and television series to discover evidence for the phenomenal popular fascination with the demonic other. However, rather surprisingly, this is not an area in which much research has been done.
This volume examines the demonic foil within popular culture. Its brings together an international team of some of most important and creative scholars in the areas of Biblical Studies, Religious Studies, and Christian Theology currently exploring the religious significance of popular culture.
Personifications of evil in the form of demons, devils, spirits, vampires, and other malign entities can be found across the popular cultural spectrum. One only has to peruse the shelves of music and bookstores or view the content of some of the most successful films and television series to discover evidence for the phenomenal popular fascination with the demonic other. However, rather surprisingly, this is not an area in which much research has been done.
This volume examines the demonic foil within popular culture. Its brings together an international team of some of most important and creative scholars in the areas of Biblical Studies, Religious Studies, and Christian Theology currently exploring the religious significance of popular culture.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Christopher Partridge & Eric Christianson
Part I: Music
CHAPTER 1: Satanism and Popular Music
Asbjørn 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 Music
Anthony 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: Film
CHAPTER 5: Speak of the Devil: The Portrayal of Satan in the Christ Film
Bill Telford (University of Durham)
CHAPTER 6: Celluloid Vampires, Technology, and the Decline of Religion
Titus Hjelm (University of Helsinki)
CHAPTER 7: A Man of Wealth and Taste: The Strange Career of Hannibal Lecter
Brian 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 Tatoo
Larry Kreitzer (University of Oxford)
Part III: Literature
CHAPTER 10: James Hogg and the Demons of Scottish Presbyterianism
Crawford Gribben (University of Manchester)
CHAPTER 11: Voldemort, Death Eaters, Dementors, and the Dark Arts: A Contemporary Theology of Spiritual Perversion in the Harry Potter Stories
Colin Duriez
Reviews
' 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.'
Emily Auger, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 22 (1), Spring 2010
Specifications
| ISBN-10 (Hardback) | 1845533097 |
| ISBN-13 (Hardback) | 9781845533090 |
| Price (Hardback) | £60.00/$95.00 |
| ISBN-10 (Paperback) | 1845533100 |
| ISBN-13 (Paperback) | 9781845533106 |
| Price (Paperback) | £16.99/$28.95 |
| Publication Date | August 2009 |
| Pages | 228 |
| Size | 234 x 156mm |
| Illustrations | 1 figure and 4 musical examples |
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