"We Are Legion": Primal Dreams and Screams in the Satanic Screen
Satan figures prominently in the Christian tradition as the ultimate Other, the enemy of our species, and he has been a central villain first in literature and now in horror films. Why viewers enjoy films that scare them is a conundrum of long standing. An explanation might come from the work of a n...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2015
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The journal of religion and film
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-31 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Evil
/ Devil
/ Satanism
/ Film
/ Evolutionary biology
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
Further subjects: | B
Evolution
Darwin
Satan
adaptation
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