Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture.
Specific biblical texts are examined in the light of cultural criticism and areas of popular culture including pornography, heavy metal music and McDonald's hamburgers in the light of biblical criticism.

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Queer Heroes; Chapter 2 Cows with Guns:; Chapter 3 Night Sprinkle(s); Chapter 4 Stolen Water is Sweeter, Stolen Bread Tastes Better; Chapter 5 Ezekiel’s Axl, or, Anarchism and Ecstasy; Chapter 6 Pawing through Garbage; Chapter 7 Graves of Craving;
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Product details

ISBN
9780415194112
Published
1999-08-12
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
430 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
230

Author

Biographical note

Roland Boer lectures in Hebrew Bible at the United Theological College, Sydney, Australia. His previous publications include Jameson and Jeroboam (1996) and Novel Histories: The Fiction of Biblical Criticism (1997).