Graven Images

by Christine Hoff Kraemer and A. David Lewis

Book Overview

Comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious thought. Practitioners of both traditional religions and new religious movements have begun to employ comics as a missionary tool, while humanists and religious progressives use comics' unique fusion of text and image to criticize traditional theologies and to offer alternatives. Addressing the increasing fervor with which the public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826430260
• ISBN13: 9780826430267
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"