Sacred Terror : Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

Cowan, Douglas E.

Baylor University Press（2016/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 325 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781481304900
• DDC分類 791.436164

Full Description

Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power - and the powerlessness - of religion.

Contents

Preface
1. Tickets, Please
An Introduction to Sacred Terror
2. Lying at the Heart of Horror
Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen
3. Angels to Some, Demons to Others
Fear of Change in the Sacred Order
4. No Sanctuary
Ambivalence and the Fear of Sacred Places
5. Stalking Life
The Fear of Death and of Dying Badly
6. Mainstreaming Satan
Fear of Supernatural Evil Internalized and Externalized
7. The Unholy Human
Fear of Fanaticism and Fear of the Flesh
8. Curtain and House Lights
Possibility Persists in the World Outside the Frame
Filmography
Bibliography
Index