Beschreibung:
Jonathan H. Harwell is head of collections and systems and associate professor at Rollins College's Olin Library.Rev. Katrina E. Jenkins is dean of religious life at Rollins College.
Theology and Prince explores theology and the life, music, and films of Prince Rogers Nelson. Topics include Prince's ideas of the afterlife; race and social justice activism; eroticism; veganism; spiritual alter egos; a queer listening of the Purple Rain album, and the theology of the Graffiti Bridge film.
Chapter 1 "Could Have Sworn It Was Judgment Day": Prince, Eschatology and AfterlifeRacheal HarrisChapter 2 "Dear Mr. Man": The Socially Conscious Music of Prince as Black Prophetic FireZada JohnsonChapter 3 I Am Something That You'll Never Comprehend: A Queer Theological Reading of Purple RainJoseph TrullingerChapter 4 "Flesh of My Flesh": Prince's Theology of ErosEmily McAvanChapter 5 Parables from the (Animal) KingdomWill StocktonChapter 6 Dance with the Devil: The Paradox of Prince's Spooky SongsStefan SeredaChapter 7 Graffiti Bridge: Prince's Sacred Triumph over the ProfaneErica ThompsonChapter 8 When God Appears, Everything Changes: Prince and PentecostRev. Suzanne Castle