Ryan Duns / Theology of Horror

THEMES: - religion and horror movies - the feeling of horror –horror vs. terror – the importance of the body in horror films – sociophobics – Dark Transcendent and Divine Transcendent

BIO: Ryan G. Duns, SJ, is an associate professor of theologyat Marquette University. In addition to many articles and book chapters, he is the author of Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God (2020) and Theology of Horror: The Hidden Depths of Popular Films (2024).

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- Theology of Horror (book): https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268208554/theology-of-horror/

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