Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books & Graphic Novels

by Christine Hoff Kraemer and A. David Lewis

Book Overview

Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use comics' unique fusion of text and image to criticize traditional theologies and to offer alternatives. Addressing the increasing fervor with which the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826430260
• ISBN13: 9780826430267
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"