Colorado Springs Massacre Captures the Christian Nationalist ‘Monster In The Mirror’
Sometimes, the scholarly life means taking delight in unexpectedly relevant news items: a new adaptation…
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Why Are We Drawn to Horror?
What inspired you to write Why Horror Seduces? The book is based on years of…
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American Horror Story: Hotel and Monotheism’s Dirty Little Secrets
A handful of conservative groups are frothing at the mouth over the current season of American…
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God is a Terrifying Monster, and Other Takeaways from the Study of Vampires in Pop Culture
A Q&A with Jess Peacock, author of Such a Dark Thing.
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Monstrous Futures: Dungeons & Dragons, Harbinger of the “None” Generation, Turns 40
This year, 2014, is the 40th anniversary of the game Dungeons & Dragons, the pen-and-paper…
Read More‘Slender Man’ Murder Attempt Wasn’t Media or Madness
This Internet is abuzz with speculation about a bizarre attempted murder in which two 12-year-old…
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Praying to the Zombie Jesus: The Spirituality of Horror
Zombie Jesus might seem silly to you and horror may not be your thing. But spiritual seekers might want to ponder the imagery of horror precisely because it runs against some of their instincts. Freud famously argued in his essay “The Uncanny” that horrific fairy tales terrified us as children because they reminded us of the vulnerability of our bodies. The horror tradition, maybe especially the zombie narrative, does the same for adults.
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Halloween, Evangelicals, and the Macabre
While many evangelicals continue to treat Halloween as evil the holiday actually includes significant Christian contributions.
Read MoreHow Monsters are like Religion
A foray into cognitive studies and religion.
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