Theology and the Marvel Universe combines cutting-edge scholarship on theology with the comic, film, and television stories of the Marvel Universe. Fourteen contributors from around the world engage these stories in a theological dialogue that highlights the significance of these stories as a vibrant part of our cultural mythology.
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1 What Did It Cost? Sacrifice and Kenosis in The Infinity Saga
Kristen Leigh Mitchell
2 "I Was Never the Hero that You Wanted Me to Be": The Ethics of Self-Sacrifice and Self-Preservation in Jessica Jones
Taylor J. Ott
3 Mythology, Mimesis, and Apocalypse in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers
Matthew Brake
4 "Because You Exist": Biblical Literature and Violence in the X-Men Comic Books
Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
5 The Gospel According to Thanos: Violence, Utopia, and the Case for a Material Theology
Tim Posada
6 "Those Are the Ancestors You Hear": Marvel's Luke Cage and Franz Rosenzweig's Theology of the Creation
Levi Morrow
7 Spider-Man and the Theology of Weakness
Gregory Stevenson
8 Of Venom & Virtue: Venom as Insight into Issues of Identity, the Human Condition, and Virtue
Jeremy E. Scarbrough
9 Matt Murdock's Ill-fitting Catholic Faith in Netflix's Daredevil
Daniel D. Clark
10 Gods upon Gods: Hierarchies of Divinity in the Marvel Universe
Austin M. Freeman
11 The Thor Movies and the "Available" Myth: Mythic Reinvention in Marvel Movies
Andrew Tobolowsky
12 Thor: Ragnarok, Postcolonial Theology, and Life Together
Kevin Nye
13 Savage Monster or Grieving Mother? Sabra and Marvel's Political Theology of Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine
Amanda Furiasse
14 Modern Re-enchantment and Dr. Strange: Pentecostal Analogies, the Spirit of the Multiverse, and the Play on Time and Eternity
Andrew D. Thrasher
