LoginSacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen
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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.
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Manufacturer: Baylor University Press
Release date: 1 October 2008
ISBN-10 : 1602580189 | ISBN-13: 9781602580183
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Release date: 1 October 2008
ISBN-10 : 1602580189 | ISBN-13: 9781602580183
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