The Gospel According to the Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated FamilyWestminster John Knox Press, 01/01/2001 - 164 páginas How did The Simpsons, one of the most popular television shows in history go from being attacked by many religious leaders for its lack of family values to being called one of the most theologically relevant programs in prime time? |
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... of cartoon characters Homer , Marge , Bart and ( the attorney general's favorite Simpson ) Lisa . " -Lloyd Grove , The Washington Post This One WRHL - J3B - YRL7 " No wonder seminary professors , religious - school teachers.
... of cartoon characters Homer , Marge , Bart and ( the attorney general's favorite Simpson ) Lisa . " -Lloyd Grove , The Washington Post This One WRHL - J3B - YRL7 " No wonder seminary professors , religious - school teachers.
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... character of some of the people who are in our churches , and the ways in which they choose to live out their faith . People in Mid- dle America understand what it means to be religious in a variety of ways , and they express ...
... character of some of the people who are in our churches , and the ways in which they choose to live out their faith . People in Mid- dle America understand what it means to be religious in a variety of ways , and they express ...
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... character , I sense a finger being pointed at me , and hear an inner voice saying , " Thou art the man ! " Fred ... characters on the show are too often my own . When I'm feeling good about myself , I would think of myself as being ...
... character , I sense a finger being pointed at me , and hear an inner voice saying , " Thou art the man ! " Fred ... characters on the show are too often my own . When I'm feeling good about myself , I would think of myself as being ...
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... characters in the show , believes that salvation is the result of doing good deeds . In this sitcom , you get the popular media impression that , on Judgment Day , there will be a weighing of our good deeds against our evil deeds , and ...
... characters in the show , believes that salvation is the result of doing good deeds . In this sitcom , you get the popular media impression that , on Judgment Day , there will be a weighing of our good deeds against our evil deeds , and ...
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... character of Lisa Simpson . Lisa is everything that I find good in mainline denom- inational churches and their commitment to the " social gospel . " Hers is a rationalistic approach to religion that leaves little room for the mystical ...
... character of Lisa Simpson . Lisa is everything that I find good in mainline denom- inational churches and their commitment to the " social gospel . " Hers is a rationalistic approach to religion that leaves little room for the mystical ...
Índice
Divine Imagery Perfect Teeth Nice Smell A Class Act All the Way | 14 |
Personal Prayer Dear God Give the Bald Guy a Break | 30 |
Does Lisa Speak for Jesus? Theres Something Wrong with That Kid Shes So Moral | 39 |
The Evangelical Next Door If Everyone Were Like Ned Flanders Thered Be No Need for Heaven | 47 |
The Church and the Preacher We Dont Have a Prayer | 69 |
Heaven Hell and the Devil Id Sell My Soul for a Donut | 91 |
Moral Dilemmas Dad We May Have Saved Your Soul | 98 |
The Bible I Think It May Be Somewhere toward the Back | 112 |
The Jews Mel Brooks Is Jewish? Are We Jewish? | 129 |
Miscellaneous Hindu There Are 700 Million of Us | 146 |
The Creators Humor Is in Indirect Proportion to Ones True Belief | 156 |
Conclusion Cloaking the Sacred with the Profane? | 170 |
A Note on Methodology | 182 |
Notes | 183 |
Bibliography | 187 |
Acknowledgments | 189 |
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The Gospel According to the Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most ... Mark I. Pinsky Visualização de excertos - 2001 |
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The Gospel According to the Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most ... Mark I. Pinsky Visualização de excertos - 2001 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Al Jean American angel audience Bart Simpson Bart's believe Bible called cartoon Catholic characters Christ Christian clown comedy comic congregation cult devil divine episode evangelical faith father Flanders Flanders family Flanders's friends Ganesha give God's Gospel according Harry Shearer heaven hell Hindu Hinduism Homer asks Homer says Homer Simpson Homer the Heretic humor interview Jesus Jewish Jews jokes kids Krusty Krusty the Clown League Lisa lives Lord Lurleen magazine mainline Marge Marge's Matt Groening Mike Reiss Mike Scully Milhouse Mindy minister moral Ned Flanders Ned's neighbor never offers Orlando pastor popular culture portrayal pray prayer quoted Rabbi Krustofsky religion religious Reverend Lovejoy satire sermon show's writers Simp Simpson family sitcom soul spiritual Springfield story Sunday takes tells Homer theological things Todd told viewers voice watch wife worship