Tag Archives: spirituality

Emily McAvan and The Postmodern Sacred

October 11th, 2012 | Posted in fantasy, postmodernism, sacred, science fiction, spirituality

This is a volume I’ve been looking forward to. I enjoyed Emily McAvan’s thesis, summarized in an issue of the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and have referenced it in this blog’s About TheoFantastique page. MacAvan is one of a number of exciting women scholars working in religion and pop culture, such as Danielle […]

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Podcast Interview at ComicAttack.net

September 17th, 2012 | Posted in comics, fan cultures, geek cultures, science fiction, science fiction convention, spirituality

I am the guest in a podcast interview with Jeff Jackson of ComicAttack.net in his column “Comics Are My Religion.” In the podcast Jeff and I discuss my background and approach to the fantastic, the spiritual significance of science fiction and its fandom, and new books worth picking up that probe the fantastic more deeply. […]

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Ridley Scott on Gods and Aliens

June 5th, 2012 | Posted in Ridley Scott, science fiction, spirituality

Ridley Scott’s latest film, Prometheus, will be released in U.S. theaters this weekend. It has received mixed reviews, but for this writer one of the more fascinating aspects of the film is not whether it is a prequel for Alien, but rather its incorporation of grand mythological ideas. These include questions on origins, as well […]

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Can Zombies Be Spiritual?

March 10th, 2011 | Posted in horror, spirituality, theology, zombie

Today I ran across a book at Barnes & Noble that caused me to connect a few dots and pose a question to myself which I’d like to share with my readers. Please follow along as I draw the dots and put them together. As I looked at the various tables of books in the […]

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American Horror Film: James Kendrick and Spiritual Horror Films

August 15th, 2010 | Posted in Gothic horror, horror, spirituality

As previously noted here in a discussion based upon an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, there is a growing body of academic books exploring horror films. One of those books is American Horror Film: The Genre at the Turn of the Millennium, edited by Steffen Hantke (University Press of Mississippi, 2010). While many […]

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TheoFantastique Interviewed at Fangoria’s “Beyond the Pale” Blog

March 26th, 2010 | Posted in Fangoria, horror, interviews, spirituality

My friend Dave Canfield is a fellow fan of horror and all things fantastic. He explores our common passion in a variety of forums, including as a Chicago film critic writing for Twitch, and as a writer for Fangoria online. His blog at Fangoria, Beyond the Pale, recently featured my thoughts on horror and spirituality […]

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Spirituality, Pop Culture, and Anime

January 31st, 2007 | Posted in anime, pop culture, spirituality

Philip Johnson recently made a post on “Spirituality Aspects of Anime,” based upon an article in the journal Culture and Religion. The article that Philip is interacting with was written by Jin Kyu Park and Philip’s post echos one I made on this blog previously in commenting on Park’s work. The interface between popular culture […]

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Anime, Spiritual Seekers, & Cultural Consumption

January 31st, 2007 | Posted in anime

My Australian friend and colleague, Philip Johnson, recently made me aware of an article that touches on an aspect of the interrelationship between religion and culture in the area of Japanese animation, known as anime. I have not seen the article yet, but hope to track it down in the near future. I had an […]

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Sci Fi, Fantasy Horror, and “Reel’ Spirituality

January 31st, 2007 | Posted in film, horror, science fiction

I still remember one night in the 1970s when my dad gave my younger brother and I the option of watching The Wonderful World of Disney on television as part of our regular family habit, or a horror film on another channel. The curiosity of youth being what it was, we chose the horror film, […]

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