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Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels by A. David Lewis; Christine Hoff Kraemer; Douglas Rushkoff; G. Willow Wilson; Mark Smylie; Saurav Mohapatra is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

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This title explores the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use comics' unique fusion of text and image to criticize traditional theologies and to offer alternatives. Addressing the increasing fervor with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans' fraught but passionate relationship with religion, "Graven Images" explores with real insight the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. In essays by scholars and comics creators, "Graven Images" observes the frequency with which religious material - in devout, educational, satirical, or critical contexts - occurs in both independent and mainstream comics. Contributors identify the unique advantages of the comics medium for religious messages; analyze how comics communicate such messages; place the religious messages contained in comics books in appropriate cultural, social, and historical f

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Author

A. David Lewis; Christine Hoff Kraemer; Douglas Rushkoff; G. Willow Wilson; Mark Smylie; Saurav Mohapatra

Publisher

A&C Black

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826430267

Category

religious

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Literary Fiction, Religious Studies

Rating

3.92 / 5 (24 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14