Religion and James Bond
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Description
This book explores the connection between religion and James Bond using themes such as sin/redemption, sexuality, political theology, and religious plurality.
The essays herein span across the Bond films, Ian Fleming's novels, the history and development of Bond, and the video games and collectibles, questioning what we might gain by observing the religious and philosophical underpinnings of Bond's belief system. Though not typically prescribing to a religious system, 007 encounters religion, is shaped by philosophical purpose, and is immersed in a religious world. George Tsakiridis and his fellow contributors consider what is the religion/worldview of Bond (internal) and symbols, presentations, and themes where we look for religion in the material and visible (external). They argue that, by shining a light on religion in James Bond we not only better understand this iconic character, but the cultural and historical contexts that mold him.
Table of Contents
Chapter 001 Profaning the Sacred: Religious Sites as Political Metaphors in 007
Chapter 002 The Spectre of Islam: Muslims' (Absent) Presence in James Bond Filmography
Chapter 003 “They're Both Yours!”: Wine, Women, and Winning with Cold War Christendom
Chapter 004 “I must be dreaming”-Bond Girls, Original Sin, and Thealogy
Chapter 005 James Bond and the Genetics of Evil: No Time to Die and Original Sin
Chapter 006 Singing with Bond: The Power of Death, the Failure of God
Chapter 007 When Does the Trigger Need to be Pulled? The Sovereign Nation-State When Bodies Do Not Matter in Skyfall
Chapter 008 Bond's Ultimate Concerns: Reading Bond with Paul Tillich
Chapter 009 On Becoming Gods for a New Eden: The Rise of the Eco-Fascist Villain in Moonraker
Chapter 0010Andean Religious Beliefs, Extractive Colonialism, and Water Access in Quantum of Solace
Chapter 0011“Some Kind of Sub-Species of a Christian”: James Bond and the Post-Christian West
Chapter 0012The James Bond Comic Strip (1968-1973) and Just War Theory
Product details
| Published | 14 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9798216265078 |
| Imprint | Fortress Academic |
| Series | Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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