The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Horror Fiction
This article argues that some supernatural horror fiction has religious affordance – that is, provides ideas that readers can draw upon to build their own religious outlook. In this regard, supernatural horror fiction is an important but previously overlooked part of lived religion. It also demonstr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 113-137 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Weird fiction
/ Glaubensbereitschaft
/ The Supernatural
/ Popular piety
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Lived Religion
B supernatural horror fiction B rhetoric of truth B M. R. James B Stephen King B religious affordance |
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