The Problem of Evil in DC Universe Animated Movies, 2007-2016: DC Multiverse, an Ironic Illustration of Leibniz’s Theodicy?
This article explores the question of evil and its metaphysical and moral implications in a series of animated movie adaptations of the DC Universe produced since 2006.The contemporary evolution of the medium, called the “Iron Age of comics”, has seen the auto-reflexive nature of comics produce prob...
| Published in: | Journal for religion, film and media |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
[2017]
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Journal for religion, film and media
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
DC Comics, Inc.
/ Animated cartoon
/ Paralleluniversum (Motif)
/ Evil
/ History 2007-2016
B Leibnitz, Friedrich 1597-1652 / Theodicy / Irony |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion CD Christianity and Culture VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
animated movies
B Leibniz B Theodicy B problem of evil B Cinema B DC Comics |
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| Summary: | This article explores the question of evil and its metaphysical and moral implications in a series of animated movie adaptations of the DC Universe produced since 2006.The contemporary evolution of the medium, called the “Iron Age of comics”, has seen the auto-reflexive nature of comics produce problems and themes related to the main question discussed in Christian theodicy: how can we perceive and define the possibility of evil in a world where God’s omnipotence should have eliminated such a possibility? Moreover, why does evil seem to spread indefinitely in spite of all the efforts deployed by superheroes to stop evil? We will discuss the problem of evil as a natural narrative topic in light of comics’ mythological and religious roots and with a particular study case: DC Comics Multiverse as an illustration of Leibniz’s “best of all possible worlds” argument. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.3:2017.1.4 |