Good Omens’ and the Bible
Edited by Meredith JC Warren Edited by Shayna Sheinfeld Edited by Charlotte Naylor-Davis
Good Omens and the Bible provides a diversely rich collection of considerations of apocalypse and apocalypticism.
Good Omens and the Bible provides a diversely rich collection of considerations of apocalypse and apocalypticism via responses to the reception of the Bible in the landmark cultural icon that is Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch (1990). These essays explore the perplexing captivating and curious interactions between Good Omens and biblical literature.
Interdisciplinary explorations reveal how both the novel and TV series reflects and explodes contemporary ideas about the end times. Filtering references to biblical apocalypses through the lens of popular culture Good Omens shines a light on the received interpretations of apocalyptic thinking that resonate in the present revealing in turn something about ourselves.
Together these essays open up conversations about how Good Omens makes use of religious ideas about textuality performance theodicy and the role of popular culture in the proliferation of those conversations. This book illustrates the ways in which the novel and series are agents in the continuation of cultural debates about important wide-ranging theological and biblical issues.
- Edited by Meredith JC Warren
- Edited by Shayna Sheinfeld
- Edited by Charlotte Naylor-Davis
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