Beschreibung:
Theology and Prince explores theology and the life, music, and films of Prince Rogers Nelson. Topics include Prince's ideas of the afterlife; race and social justice activism; eroticism; veganism; spiritual alter egos; a queer listening of the Purple Rain album, and the theology of the Graffiti Bridge film.
Chapter 1 "Could Have Sworn It Was Judgment Day": Prince, Eschatology and AfterlifeRacheal HarrisChapter 2 "Dear Mr. Man": The Socially Conscious Music of Prince as Black Prophetic FireZada JohnsonChapter 3 I Am Something That You'll Never Comprehend: A Queer Theological Reading of Purple RainJoseph TrullingerChapter 4 "Flesh of My Flesh": Prince's Theology of ErosEmily McAvanChapter 5 Parables from the (Animal) KingdomWill StocktonChapter 6 Dance with the Devil: The Paradox of Prince's Spooky SongsStefan SeredaChapter 7 Graffiti Bridge: Prince's Sacred Triumph over the ProfaneErica ThompsonChapter 8 When God Appears, Everything Changes: Prince and PentecostRev. Suzanne Castle