Theology and Vampires

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Edited by Madeline Potter - Contributions by Shaona Barik; Leo Chu; Terance Espinoza; Mary Going; David K. Goodin; Jon Greenaway; Marthe-Siobhán Hecke; Gavin F. Hurley; Alison Milbank; Peter Morgan; Justin Mullis; Madeline Potter; Curtis Runstedler and Ka

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This volume explores the complex relationship between vampires and theology across time and media, bringing together established and emerging scholars to showcase how vampires help us think about the divine and our place within theological systems.

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Introduction, Madeline Potter

Chapter 1: Contesting Materialism in Nineteenth-Century Vampire Fiction, Alison Milbank

Chapter 2: 'Bless Me Lord, For I am Going to Sin:' Vampire Priests, the Role of Blood, Religion and Gothic Heresy, Jonathan Greenaway

Chapter 3: Indian Vampires: Religion, Esotericism, Responses in English and Bengali Literature, Shaona Barik

Chapter 4: What We [Actually] Do in the Shadows: Vampires in Orthodox Christianity through the Lens of Kostova's The Historian, David K. Goodin

Chapter 5: Japanese Vampires for Christ: Vampire Media as Religious Invasion Narrative in Japan, Justin Mullis

Chapter 6: In the Beginning, God Created Lilith: Vampiric Ontology, Gender and Lilith in True Blood and She Never Died, Mary Going

Chapter 7: The Inoperative Bite: Aoi Tori, Vampire Narratives, and the Absence of Evil, Leo Chu

Chapter 8: "We are on a Mission from God." - Alucard, Theology, Monsters, and Monstrosity in Hellsing Ultimate (2006-2012), Marthe-Siobhán Hecke

Chapter 9: Vampire Priests and "Cult Messiahs" in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, Curtis Runstedler

Chapter 10: Bloody Scriptures: The Vampire's Place within the Bible of the Folk Tradition, Kari Sawden

Chapter 11: Horizontal Vampirism, Vertical Theology: Juxtaposing Jean Rollin's Lips of Blood with Abel Ferrara's The Addiction, Gavin F. Hurley

Chapter 12: Blade and the Spiritual Problem of Evil, Peter Morgan and Terance Espinoza