Romancing death
Subtitle: a true story of vampirism, death, the occult and deliverance
By: William Schnoebelen
Publisher: Destiny Image
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780768441123
Subjects: Vampires in literature; Vampires
Description: "Romancing Death sheds the light of God on the popularity of vampirism in today's pop culture. This fascinating expose of the dark realities behind romanticizing the occult in our current culture reveals the naked truth about how the church has not addressed the needs of people young and old who fill the holes in their souls and spirits with evil rather than good. Weaving his personal history,including involvement in Wicca, Freemasonry, and vampirism,the author lays out the literary and cultural history of vampirism and closely analyzes the romanticized presentation of."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-285)
Table of contents: title: Preface: Are vampires invading the church? Confessions of an Ex-vampire; title: PART I. VAMPIRES 101; title: Chapter 1. Are vampires real?; title: Chapter 2. Vampires: an unnatural history; title: Chapter 3. From Lord Ruthven to Edward Cullen: the vampire in popular fiction; title: Chapter 4. Blood suckers in the cinema from rat-face to "sparkly face!"; title: Chapter 5. A pastoral interlude; title: Chapter 6. Who let the dog In?; title: Chapter 7. Werewolf: myth and reality; title: PART II. TWILIGHT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE; title: Chapter 8. Spoiler heaven: brief synopsis of the Twilight Saga; title: Chapter 9. Synopsis of Eclipse and Breaking Dawn; title: Chapter 10. Edward: ice cold "hottie" or serial abuser; title: Chapter 11. Of love and bella: the psychology of twilight; title: Chapter 12. Giving up your soul for love?; title: Chapter 13. The law of eternal progression, vampire style?; title: Chapter 14. Spiritual warfare and the covenant with death; title: Chapter 15. Romancing death?; title: Chapter 16. A Biblical guide to entertainment; title: Chapter 17. Liberation from darkness; title: Appendix: Why Mormon doctrine is incompatible with Christianity; title: Endnotes.