Research Catalog

Title

Marveling religion : critical discourses, religion, and the Marvel cinematic universe / edited by Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge.

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baldwin, Jennifer
• Hodge, Daniel White, 1974-

Description

xviii, 266 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.

Summary

• "Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe explores the intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical discourse"--
• Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an edited volume that explores the intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical discourse. The shared inquiry focuses on the various films comprising the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and corresponding Netflix series. The contributors explore various religious themes and how they intersect with culture through the MCU canon. The first part focuses on responses to the societal, governmental, and cultural context that solidified with clarity during the 2016 US presidential election cycle and in the following administration. Additionally, it provides lenses and resources for engaging in productive public actions. Part two explores cultural resources of sustaining activism and resistance as well as some of the key issues at stake in public action. The third part centers on militarization and resistance to state violence. Taken in concert, these three sections work together to provide frames for understanding while also keeping us engages in the concrete action to mobilize for social change. The overarching aim of the volume is to promote critical discourse regarding the dynamics of activism and political resistance--back cover.

Series Statement

Religion and science as a critical discourse

Uniform Title

Religion and science as a critical discourse.

Subject

• Marvel Studios
• Religion in motion pictures
• Motion pictures and comic books
• Motion pictures > Religious aspects
• Superhero films > History and criticism
• Superhero films
• Motion pictures

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Film criticism.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface: Marveling religion: visual culture as a common tongue / Daniel White Hodge and Jennifer Baldwin -- Part I: Technology, violence, and sacrifice : 1. "I see a suit of armor around the world": Tony Stark's techno-idolatry and self-sacrificial love / George A. Dunn and Jason T. Eberl -- 2. Mimesis, conflict, and sacrificial crisis in Black Panther / Matthew Brake -- 3. Bulletproof love: Luke Cage, race, and religion / Ken Derry, Daniel White Hodge, Laurel Zweissler, Stanley Talbert, Matthew J Cressler, and Jon Ivan Gill -- Part II: Power, worth, and society : 4. Old gods in new films: history, culture, and religion in Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and Thor: Ragnarok / Rhiannon Grant and Jo Henderson-Merrygold -- 5. The worthiness of Thor / Adam Barkman and Bennet Soenen -- 6. "Who are you?": René Girard, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Black Panther / Ryan Smock -- 7. The failure of a god: Thor, the Snap, and post-Holocaust political theology / Andrew T. Vink -- 8. Mysterio as Antichrist in Spider-Man: Far From Home / George Tsakiridis -- Part III: Deconstructing norms, imagining the new : 9. Science and the Marvel Cinematic Universe: deconstructing the boundary between science, technology, and religion / Lisa Stenmark -- 10. Religion, science, and the Marvel Universe: reimagining human-Earth relations / Whitney Bauman and Imran Khan -- 11. "Open your eye": psychedelics, spirituality, and trauma resolution / Jennifer Baldwin -- Part IV: Forming identity : 12. Marveling at Captain Danvers, or, what is so super about our heroes? Contesting the identity politics of self-other / John C. McDowell -- 13. The Supermuslim and the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a complicated trajectory of fantasy and agency / Dilyana Mincheva -- 14. Bad girls turned superwomen: a critical appraisal of the MCU archetype for superheroines / Will Abney.

Call Number

MFL 23-669

ISBN

• 9781793621382
• 1793621381

LCCN

• 2022024484
• 40031388222

OCLC

1328007448

Title

Marveling religion : critical discourses, religion, and the Marvel cinematic universe / edited by Jennifer Baldwin and Daniel White Hodge.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Religion and science as a critical discourse

Religion and science as a critical discourse.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Baldwin, Jennifer, editor.

Hodge, Daniel White, 1974- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Marveling religion Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022] 9781793621399 (DLC) 2022024485

Other Standard Identifier

40031388222

Research Call Number

MFL 23-669