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100 1 _aSaunders, Ben,
_d1968-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDo the gods wear capes? :
_bspirituality, fantasy, and superheroes /
_cBen Saunders.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2013
264 1 _c2011
300 _axi, 178 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNew directions in religion and literature
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 152-174) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : The power of love -- Superman : truth, justice, and all that stuff -- Wonder Woman : bondage and liberation -- Spider-Man : heroic failure and spiritual triumph -- Iron Man : techno-faith -- Coda : modern gods -- Appendix : On the place of superhero studies within comics studies.
520 _a"Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man, Saunders explores a number of complex philosophical and theological issues, including: the problem of evil; the will-to-power; the tension between intimacy and vulnerability; and the challenge of love, in the face of mortality"--Page [4] of cover.
500 _a"First published in 2011 by the Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic 2013"--Title page verso.
650 0 _aSuperheroes
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aHeroes
_vComic books, strips, etc.
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aSuperheroes
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
830 0 _aNew directions in religion and literature.
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