Comics and Sacred Texts, 9781496819475
Paperback
Explores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Coeditors Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm reveal the graphic character of sacred narratives, imagining new vistas for both comics and religious texts.

Comics and Sacred Texts

reimagining religion and graphic narratives

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2018

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Summary

Contributions by Ofra Amihay, Madeline Backus, Samantha Baskind, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Scott S. Elliott, Assaf Gamzou, Susan Handelman, Leah Hochman, Leonard V. Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Shiamin Kwa, Samantha Langsdale, A. David Lewis, Karline McLain, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Joshua Plencner, and Jeffrey L. RicheyComics and Sacred Texts explores how comics and notions of the sacred interweave new modes of seeing and understanding the sacral. Comics and graphic narratives help readers see religion i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781496819475
ISBN-10:1496819470
Author:Assaf Gamzou, Ken Koltun-Fromm
Publisher:University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:University Press of Mississippi
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:31 October 2018
Weight:477g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This is a strong volume with a number of creative essays from many established scholars. There is not a single essay in this collection that is not worth reading.

Comics and Sacred Texts offers a wonderfully interesting and diverse collection of insights into the world of sacred meaning and graphic texts. It continues and advances important work across a variety of fields. Scholars of religion, comics, and literature more broadly will find meaningful new ways of thinking about how one sees the sacred and about how one engages the many graphic materials so many so thoroughly enjoy.–Stephen J. Lind, author of A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz

About The Author

Assaf Gamzou

Assaf Gamzou, Rehovot, Israel, is director of professional engagement at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, and was previously curator of the Israeli Cartoon Museum and lecturer at Tel Aviv University School of Education.Ken Koltun-Fromm, Haverford, Pennsylvania, is the Robert and Constance MacCrate Chair in Social Responsibility and professor of religion at Haverford College and author of four books, including Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America and Imagining Jewish Authenticity: Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought.

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