Title:
America's dark theologian : the religious imagination of Stephen King / Douglas E. Cowan.
Author:
Cowan, Douglas E., author.
Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
PS3561.I483 Z6289 2018
Abstract:
Author Douglas E. Cowan (religious studies, Renison University College) examines religion, religious beliefs, religious experiences, and religious imagery in the work of American writer Stephen King, focusing on King's horror fiction and on his literary works only (not film and TV adaptations). Cowan seeks to understand how King employs religious concepts in his treatment of religious and philosophical questions related to the existence of evil, suffering, and monsters. -- Publisher's description.
ISBN:
9781479894734
Physical Description:
xiv, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
America's dark theologian: reading Stephen King religiously -- Thin spots: what peeks through the cracks in the world -- Deadfall: ghost stories as God-talk -- A jumble of blacks and whites: becoming religious -- Return to Ackerman's field: ritual and the unseen order -- Forty years in Maine: Stephen King and the varieties of religious experience -- If it be your will: theodicy, morality, and the nature of God -- The land beyond: cosmology and the never-ending questions.
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