America's dark theologian
Subtitle: the religious imagination of Stephen King
By: Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781479894734
Subjects: Theology in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Religion in literature
Description: 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. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: America's dark theologian: reading Stephen King religiously; title: Thin spots: what peeks through the cracks in the world; title: Deadfall: ghost stories as God-talk; title: A jumble of blacks and whites: becoming religious; title: Return to Ackerman's field: ritual and the unseen order; title: Forty years in Maine: Stephen King and the varieties of religious experience; title: If it be your will: theodicy, morality, and the nature of God; title: The land beyond: cosmology and the never-ending questions.