Sky vs. Earthly Empowerment: From Angels and Superheroes to Humans and Community in the Marvel Universe and Green Christian Cosmology
The article examines "sky saviour" themes in a number of sources in the Western cultural domain, from biblical texts to contemporary paranormal fantasy, in contrast with some countercultural and ecocritical reformulations that are earth-centred. I postulate "narratives of empowerment&...
| Subtitles: | Sky versus Earthly Empowerment |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
University of Saskatchewan
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 236-249 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Marvel Comics Group
/ Environmental ethics
/ Cosmology
/ Superhero
/ Angel
/ Human being
/ Community
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality CE Christian art |
| Further subjects: | B
Earth Community
B Superheroes B Biosemiotics B Green Christians B Chastity B Ritual B Relational Identity B Angels B Rapture fiction B Empowerment B Prayer B Sexualit |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |