Holy Terror: Confronting Our Fears and Loving Our Movie Monsters

While the natural world may scare us, more frightening beasts arise when we neglect our calling to care for creation and "play god" via technology. From King Kong, Frankenstein, and Godzilla to recent films like The Babadook, The Shape of Water and Us, the most enduring monsters provoke hu...

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Subtitles:Articles
主要作者: Detweiler, Craig 1964- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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出版: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Interpretation
Year: 2020, 卷: 74, 发布: 2, Pages: 171-182
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 巨兽 / Horror / 焦虑 / 同感 / 谦卑 / / Kino / 电影
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
NBH Angelology; demonology
Further subjects:B Fear
B Humility
B Horror
B Technology
B Love
B Monsters
B Empathy
B Cinema
B Rudolf Otto
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总结:While the natural world may scare us, more frightening beasts arise when we neglect our calling to care for creation and "play god" via technology. From King Kong, Frankenstein, and Godzilla to recent films like The Babadook, The Shape of Water and Us, the most enduring monsters provoke humility, evoke empathy, and prompt us to love rather than fear. These holy terrors can offer an encounter with what Rudolf Otto famously called the mysterium tremendum.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964319896310