Catholic Horror on Television

Ralph Beliveau, Laura Bolf-Beliveau, Ruth DeFoster, Erika Engstrom

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Lexington Books
Country
United States
Published
15 July 2024
Pages
166
ISBN
9781666947663

Catholic Horror on Television

Ralph Beliveau, Laura Bolf-Beliveau, Ruth DeFoster, Erika Engstrom

Catholic Horror on Television: Haunting Faith explores the significant intersection of horror media and the Catholic Church. Religious themes enjoy a long history in film and television, with narratives featuring the supernatural, science fiction, and horror making use of Roman Catholicism in particular. The horror genre frequently tells fantastic stories about the mysteries that we seek to understand, helping to come to terms with the destructive and the monstrous. This book analyzes the genre of Catholic horror in the current television and streaming media environment, exploring its treatment of physical mortality, the metaphysics of meaning, and morality. Catholic Horror on Television: Haunting Faith offers a fresh take on how television and streaming horror series critique, expand, and interrogate Catholicism and its place in the modern world. In doing so, this book contributes to conversations in several disciplines including media, cultural, television, and religious studies.

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