{"product_id":"sacred-terror-religion-and-horror-on-the-silver-screen-9781602580183","title":"Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e by Douglas E. Cowan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781602580183.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power--and the powerlessness--of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989688053813,"sku":"ByrdShop_1602580189","price":90.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781602580183_4b0d5f02-546e-4ce4-bbc3-f79f3811ae44.jpg?v=1778943382","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sacred-terror-religion-and-horror-on-the-silver-screen-9781602580183","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}