Some of these reflections have been about monsters.
Many have been about the existential aspects of Halloween.
In fact, many of these reflections made their way into Unclean, where I talk about monsters in Part 2 and about how mortality fears fuel body ambivalence in Part 3 (which, I think, is a lot of what is going on in Halloween). And some of this material has made its way into my upcoming book The Slavery of Death.
Have a blessed and Happy Halloween. A collection of reflections for the day:
- My Ghostbusting Adventures with Students (Part 1, Part 2)
- Memento Mori
- Monsters in Modernity (with a link to Michael Jackson's Thriller video!)
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
- The Gospel According to Lady Gaga (a meditation on showing hospitality to "monsters")
- Monsters Under the Bed (from the Theology of Calvin in Hobbes series)
- The Great Pumpkin (from the Theology of Peanuts series)
- Adam's First Wife (where you learn about about night hags and the succubus)
- The Wicked (Wicked as in the Broadway musical about the Wicked Witch of the West)
- The Theology of Monsters series (seven posts in all)
- Talking with the Dead (a Halloween chapel talk)
- In Defense of Halloween (an article I wrote for ACU's student newspaper)
- On Harry Potter and Vampire Movies
- Uncle Richard, Vampire Hunter
I just shared "Talking with the Dead" on FB. It's one of my favorite reads.
Thanks! I like that one as well. I got a lot of that info years ago when I taught a Death and Dying class the very first semester of my teaching career. I only taught it once, but what I learned (via teaching) that semester has stayed with me. One of my most favorite teaching experiences.
So... Theology of The Walking Dead coming soon? Dont know if you watch/read it, but there could be a lot of interesting material there.
Also, I HAD NO IDEA YOU DID A CALVIN AND HOBBES SERIES!!! These books where a HUGE pare of my adolescent years. Can't wait to dive into that!
You inspired me to write my one Halloween post this week on Why Christian Need Horror. Thanks for all the insight and inspiration to find place for theological refection in the most interesting places.