Comments on: Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/ A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:56:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:14:11 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-3447 [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” Back to Top Tags: Christianity, horror, religion Cancel ReplyWrite a Comment [...] [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” Back to Top Tags: Christianity, horror, religion Cancel ReplyWrite a Comment [...]

]]> By: TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. Mon, 24 May 2010 12:35:21 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-1594 [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” [...] [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” [...]

]]> By: TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:46:09 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-1352 [...] and assertion. Previously I have called on evangelicals and other Christians to move beyond this knee-jerk revulsion of horror to more critical and cautious forms of engagement. I renew this call in light of the new batch of [...] [...] and assertion. Previously I have called on evangelicals and other Christians to move beyond this knee-jerk revulsion of horror to more critical and cautious forms of engagement. I renew this call in light of the new batch of [...]

]]> By: Bryan Stone: Changing Religious Imagery in Horror TheoFantastique http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Bryan Stone: Changing Religious Imagery in Horror TheoFantastique Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:10:37 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-692 [...] matter. As you begin the piece you discuss horror films and their tendency to cause friction if not repulsion with religious sensibilities, and they you go on to point out that even so there is significant overlap between horror and [...] [...] matter. As you begin the piece you discuss horror films and their tendency to cause friction if not repulsion with religious sensibilities, and they you go on to point out that even so there is significant overlap between horror and [...]

]]> By: The Wild Hunt » Cinefantastique to TheoFantastique: Fantastic Cinema and Interreligious Dialogue http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-599 The Wild Hunt » Cinefantastique to TheoFantastique: Fantastic Cinema and Interreligious Dialogue Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:49:42 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-599 [...] good reasons to rethink their concerns in this area, as I have tried to argue in a previous post for evangelicals in relation to horror, and in another as I responded to an atheist writer on the [...] [...] good reasons to rethink their concerns in this area, as I have tried to argue in a previous post for evangelicals in relation to horror, and in another as I responded to an atheist writer on the [...]

]]> By: Sense of Wonder: More Bashing Christian Horror | Cinefantastique Online http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Sense of Wonder: More Bashing Christian Horror | Cinefantastique Online Wed, 13 May 2009 20:42:04 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-531 [...] subject was launched by John D. Morehead at TheoFantastique. Morehead was clearly addressing himself to evangelicals, but [...] [...] subject was launched by John D. Morehead at TheoFantastique. Morehead was clearly addressing himself to evangelicals, but [...]

]]> By: Horror and Christianity - Continued Questions of Compatibility TheoFantastique http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Horror and Christianity - Continued Questions of Compatibility TheoFantastique Thu, 07 May 2009 21:56:16 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-506 [...] issues of cultural and religious significance. I have written a few essays on this topic, including “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement,” which was aimed at a Christian audience, and more recently, “Divinity into Darkness: The Rise [...] [...] issues of cultural and religious significance. I have written a few essays on this topic, including “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement,” which was aimed at a Christian audience, and more recently, “Divinity into Darkness: The Rise [...]

]]> By: Sense of Wonder: Bashing Christian Horror | Cinefantastique Online http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Sense of Wonder: Bashing Christian Horror | Cinefantastique Online Wed, 06 May 2009 22:07:10 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-500 [...] fact, cannot - truly exist. The inspiration for for Purcell’s musings are two essays (”Christinaity and Horror Redux” and “Divinity into Darkness: The Rise of Christian Horror” by John D. Morehead [...] [...] fact, cannot – truly exist. The inspiration for for Purcell’s musings are two essays (”Christinaity and Horror Redux” and “Divinity into Darkness: The Rise of Christian Horror” by John D. Morehead [...]

]]> By: Rue Morgue - Divinity in Darkness: The Rise of Christian Horror TheoFantastique http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Rue Morgue - Divinity in Darkness: The Rise of Christian Horror TheoFantastique Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:44:41 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-433 [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” Tagged in: Christianity, Gothic horror, horror, Rue Morgue [...] [...] “Christianity and Horror Redux: From Knee-Jerk Revulsion to Critical Engagement” Tagged in: Christianity, Gothic horror, horror, Rue Morgue [...]

]]> By: Matt Cardin http://www.theofantastique.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Matt Cardin Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:43:00 +0000 http://theofantastique.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/christianity-and-horror-redux-from-knee-jerk-revulsion-to-critical-engagement/#comment-51 Just read this post, John. And loved it. Interesting to click over to the comments page here and find that a couple of other people have jumped on the very same passage that jumped out at me the most: "Western Protestantism suffers from a lack of a sacred or sacramentalized view of the imagination as an expression of the image of God. Theologies of the fall result in a view the imagination as suspect, and the emphasis is placed on rationality rather than creativity and imagination."<br/><br/>Indeed. This is the one of the central topics of the hour (day, year, millennium). Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights about it, which are quite simply crucial right about now. Just read this post, John. And loved it. Interesting to click over to the comments page here and find that a couple of other people have jumped on the very same passage that jumped out at me the most: “Western Protestantism suffers from a lack of a sacred or sacramentalized view of the imagination as an expression of the image of God. Theologies of the fall result in a view the imagination as suspect, and the emphasis is placed on rationality rather than creativity and imagination.”

Indeed. This is the one of the central topics of the hour (day, year, millennium). Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights about it, which are quite simply crucial right about now.

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