LEADER 03163nam 2200589 450 001 9910786921903321 005 20230725054729.0 010 $a1-4725-3529-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109458 035 $a(EBL)1644268 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001196851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12523834 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11166944 035 $a(PQKB)11582946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1644268 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1644268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10867462 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL615975 035 $a(OCoLC)893336423 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109458 100 $a20140514h20102010 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFantastic spiritualities $emonsters, heroes and the contemporary religious imagination /$fJ'annine Jobling 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York :$cT & T Clark,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-03046-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction. Fantasy and Spirituality; CHAPTER 2 Transforming Selves. Harry Potter: 'A highly unusual boy'; CHAPTER 3 Transforming Selves. Earthsea: 'The Eaten One'; CHAPTER 4 Metaphysics and Transcendence. His Dark Materials: 'The Republic of Heaven'; CHAPTER 5 Metaphysics and Transcendence. Earthsea: 'Only in silence the word'; CHAPTER 6 Transforming Worlds. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 'Bite me'; CHAPTER 7 Transforming Worlds. Harry Potter: 'Toujours Pur'; CHAPTER 8 The Good and the Monstrous. His Dark Materials: '. . . and ye shall be as gods' 327 $aCHAPTER 9 The Good and the Monstrous. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 'From beneath you, it devours'CHAPTER 10 Conclusion. Shadows of the Divine; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aIn this work Jobling argues that religious sensibility in the Western world is in a process of transformation, but that we see here change, not decline, and that the production and consumption of the fantastic in popular culture offers an illuminating window onto spiritual trends and conditions. She examines four major examples of the fantastic genre: the Harry Potter series (Rowling), His Dark Materials (Pullman), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Whedon) and the Earthsea cycle (Le Guin), demonstrating that the spiritual universes of these four iconic examples of the fantastic are actually marked by 606 $aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSpirituality in literature 606 $aSpirituality 615 0$aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSpirituality in literature. 615 0$aSpirituality. 676 $a809.308766 700 $aJobling$b J'annine$01499620 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786921903321 996 $aFantastic spiritualities$93725788 997 $aUNINA