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005			20251028093348.0
008			140801s2015 enka 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014011227
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780199335909
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020			_a9780199335909 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a0199335907 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)878299417 _z(OCoLC)906023334
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050	0	0	_aBL 65 .C8 _bG38 2015
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100	1		_aGarrett, Greg.
245	1	0	_aEntertaining judgment : _bthe afterlife in popular imagination / _cGreg Garrett.
264		1	_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2015]
300			_a245 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Entertaining judgment : how we understand the afterlife -- In between : death and the undead -- Denizens of the afterlife : angels, demons, and the devil -- Heaven : the pearly gates -- Hell : the fiery inferno -- Purgatory : working out our salvation -- Conclusion: The dead and the living -- Appendix: Literary and cultural works consulted.
520			_aNowadays references to the afterlife--angels strumming harps, demons brandishing pitchforks, God enthroned on heavenly clouds--are more often encountered in New Yorker cartoons than in serious Christian theological reflection. Speculation about death and its sequel seems to embarrass many theologians; however, as Greg Garrett shows in Entertaining Judgment, popular culture in the U.S. has found rich ground for creative expression in the search for answers to the question: What lies in store for us after we die? The lyrics of Madonna, Los Lonely Boys, and Sean Combs; the plotlines of TV's Lost, South Park, and The Walking Dead; the implied theology in films such as The Dark Knight, Ghost, and Field of Dreams; the heavenly half-light of Thomas Kinkade's popular paintings; the ghosts, shades, and after-life way-stations in Harry Potter; and the characters, situations, and locations in the Hunger Games saga all speak to our hopes and fears about what comes next. In a rich survey of literature and popular media, Garrett compares cultural accounts of death and the afterlife with those found in scripture. Denizens of the imagined afterlife, whether in heaven, hell, on earth, or in purgatory, speak to what awaits us, at once shaping and reflecting our deeply held--if often somewhat nebulous--beliefs. They show us what rewards and punishments we might expect, offer us divine assistance, and even diabolically attack us. Ultimately, we are drawn to these stories of heaven, hell, and purgatory--and to stories about death and the undead--not only because they entertain us, but because they help us to create meaning and to learn about ourselves, our world, and, perhaps, the next world. Garrett's deft analysis sheds new light on what popular culture can tell us about the startlingly sharp divide between what modern people profess to believe and what they truly hope and expect to find after death and how they use those stories to help them understand this life. -- Publisher.
650		0	_aPopular culture _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aFuture life.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y21st century.
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