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Description of  The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption? (Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture)

1978716354 rar With a catastrophic fungal pandemic, the post-apocalypse, a moral quest despite societal breakdowns, humans hunting humans or morphed into grotesque infected, The Last of Us video games and HBO series have exhilarated, frightened, and broken the hearts of millions of gamers and viewers. The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption? is a richly diverse and probing edited volume featuring essays from academics across the world to examine theological and ethical themes from The Last of Us universe. Divided into three groupingsViolence, Ethics, and Redemption?these chapters will especially appeal to The Last of Us fans and those interested in Theology and Pop Culture more broadly. Chapters not only grapple with theologians, ethicists, and novelists like Cormac McCarthy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Martin Buber, and Paul Tillich and theological issues from forgiveness and theodicy to soteriology and eschatology but will help readers become experts on all things fireflies, clickers, Cordyceps, and Seraphites. Save who you can save and Look for the Light. Read more