Category Archives: morality

DON’T BREATHE, God, and Morality

I was finally able to watch Don’t Breathe and it’s a good horror or suspense film. I was surprised to find a line touching on religion in it: “There is nothing a man cannot do once he accepts the fact that there is no god.” Whether God is needed as a transcendent ground for morality […]

The Federalist.com and the Politics of Horror Fiction

I was pleased to find an article at The Federalist online that takes horror seriously as a genre that interacts significantly with social and cultural issues, including the moral and religious. The essay is “Inside Our National Zombie Nightmare Lurks The Politics Of Horror Fiction” by Marc Fitch. The title is somewhat misleading in that […]

CFP for Edited Collection – Monstrous Moral Messengers: Supernatural Figures in Children’s Picture Books and Early Readings

CFP for Edited Collection: Monstrous Moral Messengers: Supernatural Figures in Children’s Picture Books and Early Readings Picture books and early readers carry all the weight of parental authority, and are essential tools in the learning process for our children. With their bright pictures, they perform their function of holding the child’s attention quite well, and […]

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