Call for Papers: The Universal Vampire Series, 2 Vols.
CALL FOR PAPERS The Universal Vampire Series, 2 Vols. Vol. 1 – The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend Vol. 2 – The Hip and the Atavistic: Images of the Modern Vampire Editors Barbara Brodman, Nova Southeastern University James E. Doan, Nova Southeastern University Project Overview For almost 200 years, since the publication [...]
Jana Riess – What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide – TheoFantastique Podcast 2.5
There has been a lot of discussion about various aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but surprisingly, very little about the spiritual aspects of the television series and pop culture phenomenon. Thankfully this topic has been explored capably by Jana Riess in her book What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide (Jossey-Bass, [...]
Call for Papers: True Blood and the SW Popular Culture Association
CFP: True Blood SW/TX PCA/ACA (12/1/11; 2/8-11/12) Join us for the 33rd Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference, February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Area Chairs of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations (www.swtxpca.org) invites paper or panel proposals about the television [...]
The Undead and Theology to be Published by Wipf & Stock
The Undead and Theology has found a publisher in Wipf & Stock. My co-editor Kim Paffenroth signed the contract this week. Submissions by the contributors are due at year’s end. Here is a description, as well as a list of contributors and their chapter topics. Overview Kim Paffenroth and John W. Morehead, editors The academy [...]
Relegere Reviews The Lure of the Dark Side: Satan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture
The publication Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception, includes a book review by Steve A. Wiggins of The Lure of the Dark Side: Satan and Western Demonology in Popular Culture, edited by Christopher Partridge and Eric Christianson (London: Equinox, 2009). The review touches on a number of areas covered by contributors, including a chapter describing [...]
Joseph Laycock on Top 10 Misconceptions of Vampires at Buzznet
Joseph Laycock, author of Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampires (Praeger, 2009), discusses the “Top 10 Misconceptions of Vampires” at Buzznet.
Book Review: The Vampire Defanged
When I first heard that Brazos Press, an evangelical publisher, had produced a volume looking at vampires in literature and film, I was very skeptical. Evangelicals have been less than receptive to this phenomenon, tending to lump vampires in with “occultism” and evil, rather than as pop culture figures for social and theological reflection. Thankfully, [...]
The Undead and Theology Essay Collection Selected
An idea that brewed in the fertile brains of Kim Paffenroth, Matt Cardin, and myself, has taken a major step toward becoming reality. Working with Kim Paffenroth as co-editor, and having sifted through a number of submissions after a call for papers, we have chosen the lineup for an upcoming essay collection on THE UNDEAD [...]
Leonard Primiano: True Blood, Post-9/11 Spirituality, and “Vernacular Religion”
What might the opening title sequence from HBO’s popular vampire series True Blood tell us about “vernacular religion” in our post-9/11 context? And what does this say back to institutional religion? While researching Burning Man Festival for my MA thesis a few years ago the book God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture, [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS: Theology and the Undead
CALL FOR PAPERS Theology and the Undead The academy and pop culture alike recognize the great symbolic and pedagogical value of the undead (or reanimated dead). Vampires and zombies possess an important ability to enable reflection in a variety of personal and cultural ways. This has been explored variously from consumerism to racism to the [...]
