Supernatural, Humanity, and the Soul

Introduction: On the Highway to Hell and Back; Susan A. George and Regina Hansen PART I: RELIGION, THEOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL LENS 2. Deconstructing the Apocalypse?: Supernatural's Appropriation of Angelic Hierarchies; Regina M. Hansen 3. The Greatest of These: The Theological Virtues and the Problem of an Absent God in Supernatural; Elisabeth G. Wolfe 4. Suffering Nuclear Reactors: Depictions of the Soul from Plato to Supernatural; Patricia Grosse 5. "We're Just . . . Food and Perverse Entertainment": Supernatural's New Gods and the Narrative Objectification of Sam and Dean; KT Torrey PART II: "KILLING EVIL THINGS" OR NOT--SUPERNATURAL'S COMPLEX CONSIDERATIONS OF MONSTROSITY 6. All Dogs Come From Hell: Supernatural's Canine Connection; Sharon D. King 7. "This Isn't Wall Street, This Is Hell!": Corporate America as the Biggest Supernatural Bad of All 8. The Hunter Hunted: The Portrayal of the Fan as Predator in Supernatural; Cait Coker and Candace Benefiel 9. "A Shot On The Devil": Women Hunters and the Identification of Evil in Supernatural; Ralph Beliveau and Laura Bolf-Beliveau 10. All that Glitters: The Winchester Boys and Fairy Tales; Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario PART III: MEN, WOMEN, AND SUPERNATURAL 11. A Man and His 1967 Impala: Supernatural, U.S. Car Culture, and the Masculinity of Dean Winchester; Susan A. George 12. "How is that not rape-y?": Dean as the Anti-Bella and Feminism without Women in Supernatural; Rhonda Nicol 13. God, the Devil, and John Winchester: Failed Patriarchal Families in Supernatural; Charlotte E. Howell 14. Who's Your Daddy?: Father Trumps Fate in Supernatural; Lugene Rosen 15. Metal and Rust: Postindustrial White Masculinity and Supernatural's Classic Rock Canon; Gregory J. Robinson