Christianity and Horror Cinema

Christianity and Horror Cinema explores ways that Christian beliefs, spiritualities, practices, and symbols provide the religious and existential 'depths' out of which the monsters of Western horror cinema have emerged, arguing that they are, in several respects, the monsters for which Christians are responsible.

Autorentext

Bryan P. Stone is the Leighton K. Farrell Dean of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, USA.

Klappentext

Christianity and Horror Cinema explores ways that Christian beliefs, spiritualities, practices, and symbols provide the religious and existential 'depths' out of which the monsters of Western horror cinema have emerged, arguing that they are, in several respects, the monsters for which Christians are responsible.

Inhalt

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Ghosts; Chapter 2 - Witches, Witchcraft, Paganism, and Folk Magic; Chapter 3 - The Satanic and the Demonic; Chapter 4 - Vampires; Chapter 5 - Nature Horror; Chapter 6 - Zombies; Chapter 7 - Psychological Horror; Afterword; Index.