Call it Science: Biblical Studies, Science Fiction, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
In the virtual world elaborated in Marvel’s movies (the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” or MCU), “science” is creatively, strategically confused with “magic” and/or “religion.” Key supernatural/magical elements of the franchise’s comic-book source material are “retconned” (retroactively granted new narr...
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Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
2021
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Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Year: 2021, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-73 |
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Science
/ Science fiction
/ Apocalypticism
/ Popular culture
/ Miracle
/ Marvel Cinematic Universe
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