'Is it a savior?' : finding salvation in Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman

Marjory Jean Roth

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'Is it a savior?' : finding salvation in Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman

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Marjory Jean Roth. 'is it a Savior?' : Finding Salvation In Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3952bc4f-23f8-4015-867f-21bd29960592?q=2018.

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M. J. Roth. 'Is it a savior?' : finding salvation in Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3952bc4f-23f8-4015-867f-21bd29960592?q=2018

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Marjory Jean Roth. 'is it a Savior?' : Finding Salvation In Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3952bc4f-23f8-4015-867f-21bd29960592?q=2018.

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Marjory Jean Roth

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Abstract

This paper explores how the theological idea of salvation takes shape in pop culture, specifically through the superhero films, Aquaman (2018), Wonder Woman (2017), and the Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, 2008, and 2012). I analyze how the films' main characters embody the role of savior and what their narratives might contribute to the Presbyterian understanding of salvation. I am not simply looking at where or how pop culture uses theological or Biblical parallels, but instead asking what these characters contribute to the broader conversation about salvation. The paper asks three questions of each film: what in the film's world needs saving; what about these superheroes or their actions make them a savior; and what, if anything, is changed within that fictional world, as a result of their actions? In asking these questions, we explore how an understanding of salvation emerges from within the film and later compare that to the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s teaching on Jesus as Savior.

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