Description

The contributions in this volume deal (in many cases for the first time) with people and phenomena that have been or are being widely received in the world of pop culture from a theological perspective. It becomes clear that neither the writer Karl May nor the actor Bud Spencer can be adequately understood without their Christian self-image. The anti-Christian self-image of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche or the philosopher Ayn Rand also requires theological explanation. And even the television series Vikings can be illuminated from a church history perspective, and the band Bohse Onkelz from a diaconal science perspective. Once again, it is clear that theology - which is increasingly struggling for recognition at universities - has crucial background knowledge to contribute to interdisciplinary cultural studies discourse.