The Gospel according to The Simpsons, Bigger and Possibly Even Better! Edition: With a New Afterword Exploring South Park, Family Guy, & Other Animated TV ShowsWestminster John Knox Press, 24/05/2007 - 317 páginas Is there anything holy in Springfield, the home to irascible Bart Simpson and his naive dad Homer, their enthusiastic evangelical neighbor Ned Flanders, the sourpuss minister Rev. Lovejoy, and the dozens of other unique characters who inhabit the phenomenally popular TV show? In this revision of the 2001 bestseller, author Mark Pinsky says yes! In this entertaining and enlightening book, Pinsky shows how The Simpsons engages issues of religion and morality in a thoughtful, provocative, and genuinely respectful way. With three new chapters and updates to reflect the 2001-2006 seasons, Pinsky has given a thorough facelift to the book that Publishers Weekly called "thoughtful and genuinely entertaining." The new material includes chapters on Buddhism and gay marriage and an extensive afterword that explores how religion is treated on the animated shows that have followed in the footsteps of The Simpsons: South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad, and King of the Hill. |
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... Homer Simpson and his family for saints. In many ways, in fact, they are quintessentially weak, wellmeaning sinners who rely on their faith—although only when absolutely necessary. The Simpsons is consistently irreverent toward ...
... Homer Simpson, this conundrum represents an opportunity rather than a reason to question the validity of prayer. In a flashback episode we see him at home, ostensibly thanking God for his life—his marriage, his two children, his job—a ...
... Homer's prayer? Assuming God is the sovereign ruler of the universe, what is to prevent God from answering Homer's prayer by providing no sign? Granted, usually when we want God to confirm something, we look for something extraordinary ...
... Homer says the situation is simply “all part of God's plan,” and when he causes a traffic accident, he shouts, “Act of God, not my fault!” After a giant sturgeon falls to Earth from a Russian spacecraft and crashes onto his car hood, Homer ...
... Homer fulfills the role of the American spiritual wanderer. Though linked culturally (if unsteadily and unenthusiastically) to biblical tradition, he regularly engages a mosaic of other traditions, mythologies, and moral codes. In the ...
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050 Pinsky Afterword 227297_ | 227 |
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070 Pinsky Index 309318_ | 309 |
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