Do the Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes (New Directions in Religion and Literature)

by Ben Saunders (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $30.57

  Shows that Superhero comics address deep emotional needs. This book suggests the fantasies of power and romance are attempts to wrestle and negotiate with some fundamentally spiritual issues: the problem of evil, the inescapability of human imperfection, and the stark fact of mortality.