The History of Religions Read as Fantasy: On the Construction of (Religious) Ambiguity in the Television Show Lost

With its intricate “mythology,” the ABC drama series Lost invites a wide range of religious interpretations. Starting off as a survivor drama, the show evolves into a fantastic epic, in which the pilot episode's initial question “Where are we?” triggers reflections such as “where do we come fro...

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Authors: Johannsen, Dirk (Author) ; Kirsch, Anja 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2016]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 163-177
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lost (Television program) / Religion / Ambiguity / Fantastische Epik
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B fantasy (literary genre)
B Lost
B popular religion
B Narratology
B television show
B aesthetic response theory
B understandings of religion
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