Joss Whedon and Religion: Essays on an Angry Atheist's Explorations of the Sacred (Paperback)

from anyanwubutler

When I received this book, I opened it to an essay by Desiree DeJesus comparing two villains of "Firefly" and "Serenity," Jubal Early and the Operative to "Birth of a Nation." Huh? Really? Not the regulars who were part of the crew in every episode Zoe and Shepard Book, but guys who were in one e...

from HeatherMT

I'm not that interested in religion or theology and I haven't seen Buffy or Dollhouse, but I really like Joss Whedon and his characters so I thought this would be interesting, especially as I knew Whedon is an atheist. I didn't read every essay because, as I said, I haven't seen Buffy yet, so I f...

from EmScape

This collection of academic essays explores religious symbolism and themes in nearly all the works of Joss Whedon's oeuvre. The essays are arranged rather chronologically, beginning with Whedon's earliest major work, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and ending with the most recent (at the time of public...

from leduck

I got this book through Librarything's early reviews and received it in exchange for reviews. It is one of many volumes of academic essays on themes in Whedon's work. It is strong in that is contains syntheses across Whedon's projects and discusses common and evolving themes. Standout essays incl...

from cynrwiecko

I received this book as an early reviewer. Before reading this book, I was familiar with some of Whedon's work but not all. I had never seen Buffy or the Cabin in the Woods or Dollhouse. I was only familiar with Firefly, Serenity, and The Avengers. That meant I approached many of the essays with ...