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Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

Hardcover • 2008 • English

Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

By Douglas E. Cowan

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About the book

Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of deat...Show more

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9781602580183

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen

Format

Hardcover

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