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Beth Davies-Stofka

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Beth Davies-Stofka teaches courses on comparative religion and the philosophy of religion. Her teaching and research focus in two areas: the challenges that violence and human suffering present to theological ethics, and explorations of philosophy and theology in popular culture.

She has been an online columnist and critic for the past three years, writing on comics for Broken Frontier, and writing on comics, books, and film for The Comic Book Bin. She has contributed to a number of academic journals and edited volumes, most recently a study of the death of God in Continuum's forthcoming Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books & Graphic Novels, and several entries for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Religion and Film from Greenwood Press. She is currently completing a book on the emergence of the Lebanese Hizballah.

Dr. Davies-Stofka was named Online Master Teacher of the Year 2008 by Front Range Community College, and is currently the recipient of two research grants. One supports the development of a game in Second Life designed to teach students about the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The second supports research into the effects of immersive technologies on student learning objectives.

Works by Beth Davies-Stofka

An Encounter of Your Own

Beth Davies-Stofka | December 03, 2010

A Christian faith community might learn things of enormous value about God's love for......

Iron Clad Ignorance: Rewriting History

Beth Davies-Stofka | July 02, 2010

In an otherwise disastrously loud and incoherent film, Mickey Rourke invented an......

Is Disney Bad For Your Child's Health?

Beth Davies-Stofka | June 21, 2010

What is bad for our children -- and for parents as well -- is cultural and historical......

WWII in HD

Beth Davies-Stofka | April 01, 2010

When so much of human ability and genius is focused on killing and destruction, it is a......

Make Love, Not War

Beth Davies-Stofka | March 23, 2010

What happened to the young social protesters, demonstrators, and activists of the late......

A Conversion to Atheism

Beth Davies-Stofka | March 16, 2010

Sweeney's reflections on the meaning of existence without God are moving and......

Judgment Day on Shutter Island

Beth Davies-Stofka | March 02, 2010

In Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese confronts his audience with a profoundly moving......

Youth Ministry and Philanthropy: An Interview with Jeremy...

Beth Davies-Stofka | February 23, 2010

An ace on the ball field, this left-handed pitcher is most passionate about helping......

Reincarnation in Pop Culture

Beth Davies-Stofka | February 09, 2010

In those instances in which artists and writers tackle reincarnation, they tend to share......

Caprica

Beth Davies-Stofka | February 02, 2010

Science fiction has long been fascinated with the proposition that a person's......

Judgment and Mercy

Beth Davies-Stofka | February 02, 2010

God will resurrect the dead, and each person will be judged directly by Allah according......

Legion

Beth Davies-Stofka | January 26, 2010

It might not merit a visit to the theater, but the American mosaic of desert, diner,......

The Book of Eli

Beth Davies-Stofka | January 18, 2010

What makes the movie worth the visit to the theater is its highly unusual choice of......

Avatar: Eternal Life?

Beth Davies-Stofka | January 11, 2010

Avatar offers a sensory experience of the central metaphysical proposition of pantheism,......

Coming of Age at Christmas

Beth Davies-Stofka | December 30, 2009

For both Louisa May Alcott and Maud Hart Lovelace, Christmas provides a wonderful......

The Twelve Days of Movies

Beth Davies-Stofka | December 14, 2009

There was plenty of movie magic, and religion and spirituality, to draw interested......

All-of-a-Kind Family

Beth Davies-Stofka | December 09, 2009

To read Sydney Taylors classic series is to give the gift of time the gift of family and......

2012: the Movie

Beth Davies-Stofka | November 18, 2009

What is it about the destruction of the entire human race that is appealing...

Capitalism: A Love Story

Beth Davies-Stofka | October 28, 2009

Michael Moores prophetic critique explores the ups and downs of business practices...

Halloween in Second Life

Beth Davies-Stofka | October 20, 2009

Second Life offers a wild array of Halloween experiences...

A Collection of Comics

Beth Davies-Stofka | October 13, 2009

Boston University has created a first a collection exclusively dedicated to religion......

Conspiracies and Elitism: A Review of "The Lost Symbol"

Beth Davies-Stofka | October 06, 2009

Does Dan Browns newest book tap into deeply held suspicions about Washington and the......

Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero

Beth Davies-Stofka | October 02, 2009

A review of superheroes and their stories, which reflect the culture, history,......

Movie Review: Thirst

Beth Davies-Stofka | September 10, 2009

A review of a 2009 Cannes International Film Festival winner. Can horror reveal......

Was Superman a Jesus Figure?

Beth Davies-Stofka | August 18, 2009

Bryan Singer's Superman Returns (2006) stirred fresh interest in the Superman-as-Jesus......

Warehouse 13

Beth Davies-Stofka | August 07, 2009

The problem with science-fiction shows is that they only tend to attract audiences who......

Children's Literature and Faith

Beth Davies-Stofka | July 28, 2009

Classic children's literature has a powerful influence in shaping young minds and hearts......

Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Beth Davies-Stofka | July 21, 2009

Is Harry Potter a threat or a harmless fairy tale?...

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