With a catastrophic fungal pandemic, the post-apocalypse, a moral quest despite societal breakdowns, humans hunting humans or morphed into grotesque infected,
The Last of Us
video games and HBO series have exhilarated, frightened, and broken the hearts of millions of gamers and viewers.
The Last of Us and Theology: Violence, Ethics, Redemption?
is a richly diverse and probing edited volume featuring essays from academics across the world to examine theological and ethical themes from
universe. Divided into three groupings—Violence, Ethics, and Redemption?—these chapters will especially appeal to
fans and those interested in Theology and Pop Culture more broadly. Chapters not only grapple with theologians, ethicists, and novelists like Cormac McCarthy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Martin Buber, and Paul Tillich; and theological issues from forgiveness and theodicy to soteriology and eschatology; but will help readers become experts on all things fireflies, clickers, Cordyceps, and Seraphites. “Save who you can save” and “Look for the Light.”