“Watch the Blood-Soaked Old General in Action”: Blochian Atheism, Exodus, and Utopia in Doctor Who

This article reads the eighth series of modern Doctor Who alongside Ernst Bloch's Atheism in Christianity. Applying Bloch's motifs of utopianism, God on High, and God of Exodus, it suggests that Doctor Who—and, to a lesser degree, Torchwood: Children of the Earth—presents a narrative that...

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Main Author: Aldridge, Casey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2018]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 106-119
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Doctor Who / Deification / Torchwood / Utopia / Theodicy / Bloch, Ernst 1885-1977, Atheismus im Christentum
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CD Christianity and Culture
CH Christianity and Society
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Messianism
B Ernst Bloch
B Theodicy
B Torchwood
B Doctor Who
B Utopia
B Christianity
B Exodus
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