All American Messiah: The Death of Captain America and the Symbolism of American Messianic Aspiration
Issue: Vol 3 No. 2-3 (2007)
Journal: Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
DOI: 10.1558/post.v3i2/3.3.131
Abstract:
Approaches the recent death of Captain America sideline of Marvel Comics from the perspective of political theology and philosophical messianism as these ideas appear in the works of Giorgio Agamben, Rene Girard, Walter Benjamin, and Carl Schmitt.
Author: William David Hall, Ezra Howard