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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... Sunday nights, when America's best-known dysfunctional family is a fixture in millions of households, many Christians are in church. At home, the less devout were probably tuned to the longtime competition, Touched by an Angel, which ...
... Sunday as a day of worship,” wrote Jon Horowitz of Rutgers University in an unpublished paper. “Not early mornings at church; 8 P.M. in front of the holiest of holies, the TV tuned into the FOX network.”1 In addition to the millions who ...
... Sunday nights and became even more popular. Across the country, merchandise featuring Bart Simpson and his disrespectful catch phrases such as “Don't have a cow, man,” and “Eat my shorts” caused outrage. In April 1990, the principal of ...
... Sunday, read the Bible, and said grace before meals. Their next-door neighbors were committed evangelical Christians. When faced with crises, the Simpsons turned to God and prayed aloud. God often answered their prayers and intervened ...
... Sunday “Insight” section of the Orlando Sentinel, a piece reprinted widely in newspapers around the country. Fans of the show sent me e-mails referring me to other newspaper articles and academic papers on the show's spiritual side. The ...
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