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This volume engages the religious, theological, spiritual, and supernatural elements of Twin Peaks, which are discernable throughout the two original seasons that aired on ABC, the subsequent film that was made in 1992, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and the third season of Twin Peaks, which aired on Showtime in 2017, often referred to as The Return. The reception of Twin Peaks has been uniquely buttressed by one of the most earnest and stimulating fandoms in all of popular culture. Twin Peaks has a unique approach to mystery that frustrates and compels at the same time, inviting deeper exploration of the religious and theological significance and promoting multiple lines of interpretation.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors

Introduction: “But When I Saw the Face of God”: Introducing Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks
John Anthony Dunne and Kris Song

Section I. “The Search for the Zone”: Spiritual Quests for Truth and Meaning

Chapter 1-“My Log Is Turning Gold”: The Religions in and of Twin Peaks
John Anthony Dunne

Chapter 2-Catching Big Fishes in a Postsecular Age: Twin Peaks and the Search for Meaning in 1990s Culture
Ilaria W. Biano

Chapter 3-Transcendental Style in Twin Peaks
Zachary Sheldon

Chapter 4-The Music of Twin Peaks: Seeking the Spiritual in Angelo Badalamenti's Themes
Chris Thiessen

Chapter 5- Of Logs and Logos: Twin Peaks, Animism, and the New Materialisms
Whitney A. Bauman

Chapter 6-“One Day My Log Will Have Something to Say about This”: A Posthuman Analysis of a Log and a Lady
Susana Pacheco, Joel Santos, Tânia Casimiro, and Afonso Leão

Chapter 7-Laura's Not the Only One: Twin Peaks and the Critique of Christ Figures
Thomas Britt

Chapter 8-Revelation, Dreams, and Apocalypticism in Twin Peaks
Taylor M. Weaver

Section II. “The Gifted & the Damned”: Evil and Human Agency

Chapter 9-David Lynch Keeps His Head
David Foster Wallace

Chapter 10-Laura Palmer and the Dancing Daughter in Mark 6.17–29
Alexis Bradford

Chapter 11- “I Am What You Fear I Could Be”: A Reading of BOB as Perceived by Laura Palmer in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Dana Abu Dbay

Chapter 12-Once More, “Who Killed Laura Palmer?”: BOB, Demon Possession, and Human Culpability
Joshua Alfaro

Chapter 13-Apophaticism and the Ineffable Judy
Philip Jeffries

Section III. “Through the Darkness of Future Past”: Time, Endings, and Eschatology
Chapter 14-Time and Time Again: From Christian Linearity to Vedic Atelicity in Twin Peaks
Trevor Babcock

Chapter 15-Storytelling Sequels: Multi-volume Mysteries in Luke-Acts and the Original Series of Twin Peaks
Nickolas A. Fox

Chapter 16-“Once We Cross, It Could All Be Different”: Cooper's Nostos and the Women of Twin Peaks: The Return
Andrew H. Waller

Chapter 17-The Red Room and the Bridal Chamber: The Relational Reunion of Self in Twin Peaks and the Gospel of Philip
John Anthony Dunne

Chapter 18-“The Past Dictates the Future”: Biblical Repetition, Stoic Recurrence, and the Circularity of Time in Twin Peaks: The Return
Kris Song

Product details

Published 08 Jan 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 304
ISBN 9781978716711
Imprint Fortress Academic
Illustrations 3 bw illus
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

John Anthony Dunne

Anthology Editor

Kris Song

Kris Song is adjunct professor at Bethel Seminary…

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