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II. EDUCATION

1961-64        Graduate study, Philosophy, University of Texas-Austin.  Ph.D., June 1964.
1956-60        Undergraduate study, Stanford University. B.A., Philosophy and Humanities.

III. BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS ON MYTH, THEOLOGY, AND CULTURE [1975-2006]

John Shelton Lawrence. “Finding Ourselves in Our Superheroes” (Foreword). To the Rescue: Using Superheroes in Psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Lawrence C. Rubin, ed. New York: Springer, forthcoming 2007.

Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, “Eschatology and Popular Culture.” Oxford Handbook of Eschatology. Jerry Walls, ed. New York: Oxford UP, forthcoming 2007.

Marty Knepper and John Shelton Lawrence, “Drafting Iowa’s Pastoral Image for World War II.” Representing the Rural in Cinema. Catherine Fowler and Gillian Helfield, eds. Detroit: Wayne State UP, forthcoming 2006.

Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and John Shelton Lawrence, Eds. Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise, and Critics. “Spectacle, Merchandise, and Influence” and “Joseph Campbell, George Lucas, and the Monomyth.”  New York: Peter Lang USA, 2006. 1-33

John Shelton Lawrence, “Western Ecological Films—The Subgenre with No Name” and “A Filmography of Western Films with Ecocritical and Environmental Representations.” Landscape of Hollywood Westerns: Ecocriticism in an American Film Genre. Deborah Carmichael, ed. Salt Lake City, UT: U of Utah P, 2006.

----. “The Lone Ranger: The Adult Legacies of a Juvenile Western” and “Filmography.” The American West in Film and Television. John E. O’Conner and Peter C. Rollins, eds. Lexington, KY: UP of Kentucky, 2005. 81-96; 309-21

----. “Fascist Redemption or Democratic Hope?” Jacking In To the Matrix Franchise. Matthew Kapell and William Doty, eds. New York: Continuum, 2004. 80-96

----.  "The President as Action-Adventure Hero in Independence Day and Air Force 1," and “Filmography for Images of U.S. Presidents.”  John E. O’Connor and Peter Rollins, eds. Hollywood’s White House.  Lexington, KY: UP of Kentucky, 2003. 223-233; 383-402.

Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003.

John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett, The Myth of the American Superhero. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002. Recipient of John Cawelti Award of American Culture Association, Best Book of 2002; recipient of Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies, Best Book for the 2002-2003 period.

John S. Lawrence, "Dawdling Toward Judgment: Perennial Problems in Casuistry." Judgment Day at the White House, Gabriel Fackre, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998. 41-52

Robert Jewett & John S. Lawrence, "Rambo and the Myth of Redemption.” Transforming Texts: Classical Images in New Contexts, Robert Metzger, ed. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University, 1993. 63-83.

----. The American Monomyth. Garden City, NY.:  Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977; Japanese edition, abridged (chapters 3, 7, & 8) annotated English text. Tokyo: Kaibun-Sha, 1985)\; second revised edition, 1987 by University Press of America.

----.  "from The American Monomyth," in Harold Schechter Joanna Semeiks, Patterns in Popular Culture:  A Sourcebook for Writers. New York:  Harper, 1980. 437-441.

----. "Norm Demolition Derbies: Rites of Reversal in Popular Culture." The Popular Culture Reader, Ray Browne, ed. Bowling Green, OH: The Popular Press, 1977, in first, second, and third editions.

John S. Lawrence, "Violence," in Philosophical Explorations, Peter French, ed. (Morristown, N.J., General Learning Press, 1975). Reprint of "Violence," Social Theory and Practice, Fall 1970: 31-49.

IV. Articles, Review Articles & Interviews On Myth, Culture, Politics

John Shelton Lawrence, E Pluribus Unum: Nineteenth Century Literature and the Constitutional Paradox. (book review). Journal of American Culture 29 (2) 2006: 235-38.

----. Mel Gibson’s Bible; Religion and Cyberspace; The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture. (book reviews). Journal of American Culture 29 (2) 2006: 246-248.

----. Prophetic Politics: Christian Social Movements and American Democracy. (book review). Journal of American Culture 29 (1) 2006: 87-89.

----. Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture. (book review) Journal of American Culture. 29 (1) 2006: 89-91.

----. Stars and Stripes on Screen: A Comprehensive Guide to Portrayals of American Military on Film. (book review). Journal of American Culture 29 (1) 2006: 95-97.

----. The Gospel According to Superheroes; Religion and Popular Culture; Star  Wars and Philosophy. (book reviews). Journal of American Culture 29 (1) 2006: 101-3.

----. Myth: A Handbook.(book review) Journal of American Culture 28 (3) 2005: 327-329.

----. “Glorious Appearing: The End of Days; Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times; Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America.” (book reviews). Journal of American Culture 28 (1) 2005: 138-41.

----. “The Rise and Fall of Anglo America.” (book review). Journal of American Culture 28 (1): 160-62.
 
----. Interview with Marcel Weingartner in Berkley for German ZDF Television production on American superheroes. October 12, 2004.

----.Interview with Frank Esman in Berkeley, Danish Public Television for segment on the superhero theme in the American presidential election. September 15, 2004.

----. “Rituals of Mourning and National Innocence.” Journal of American Culture 28 (1): 35-48

----. Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies.(book Review) Journal of American Culture 28 (3) 2005: 329-331.

----. Miranda: The Story of America's Right to Remain Silent. (book review) John Shelton Lawrence. Journal of American Culture 28 (2) 2005: 241-42.

----. Wrestling and Hypermasculinity. (book review). Journal of American Culture 28 (2) 2005: 256-58.

----. America's Meltdown: The Lowest Common Denominator Society. (book review). Journal of American Culture 28 (1) 2005: 130-31.                
----. Interview on American superhero characters with Ken Myers, Mars Hill Audio Journal No. 66, Jan-Feb 2004.

----.Hollywood Outsiders: The Adaptation of the Film Industry, 1913-1934. (book review)  Journal of American Culture 27 (3) 2004: 341-42.

----. Religious Expression and the American Constitution; Christianty and the Mass Media in America.  (book reviews) Journal of American Culture  27 (3) 2004: 350-53.

----.The Audience in Everyday Life: Living in a Media World. (book review) Journal of American Culture 27 (2) 2004: 227-28. 

----. Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture. (book review)      Journal of American Culture 27 (2) 2004: 230-31.

----. “Will California Elect A Superhero? Candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger Taps Film Myths.” Film and History online “Film Controversies Essay <http://www.hnet.org/~filmhis/controversial_films/will_california.htm>; enlarged, coauthored with Robert Jewett and translated into German as “Wer Wird Uns Retten?” Publik Forum, 24 Nov 2003: 40-41.

Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, “The Biblical Roots of American Messianism.” The Bible in Transmission (UK). Autumn 2003: 9-11. Online posted <http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/exploratory/articles/jewettlawrence03.pdf>.

Marty S. Knepper and John S. Lawrence, “Iowa Filmography: 1918-2002,” Annals of Iowa (62:1) Winter 2003: 30-100.

Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence, “Captain America Takes on Iraq.” Tikkun. Jan-Feb 2003: 16-20, 28.

John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett, "Blood Brothers. Bush's Rambo Delusion. The Myth of the American Superhero," in San Francisco Chronicle (August 25, 2002); article enlarged and translated as "Gesetz und Superheldengeist," Frankfurter Rundschau (July 24, 2002), 19; also in Sweden (Svenska Dagbladet; Dagens Forskning); Japan (Fuku-in to sekai); Finland (Suomen Kuvalehti).

Marty S. Knepper & John S. Lawrence, “Visions of Iowa in Hollywood Film,” “If Iowans Made Movies about Iowa,” and “Your Guide to Iowa Films, in Iowa Heritage Illustrated, 79 (4), 1998: 156-169.

John Shelton Lawrence, Interview with Rasmi Simhan for “Redefining Heroism,” Dallas Morning News, 27 July 2002.

John S. Lawrence, "Editor's Introduction," 1-4, and "The Vanishing Hostages in the Persian Gulf Conflict," 43-46, Journal of American Culture, 17 (1) 1994, special In-depth Section "Operation Desert Storm: The Public Spectacle."

John Lawrence, “Mythos und Politik: Zum Selfverstaendis der U.S.A. im 20 Jahrhundert.” Geschichte und Gegenwart (Austria) 8 (1) Nov 1989: 233-42.

Robert Jewett & John Shelton Lawrence, "American Civil Religion and Ritual Blindness," The Christian Century, 23 Nov 1983: 1075-78.

Robert Jewett & John Shelton Lawrence, "The Fantasy Factor in Civil Religion: Assassinations and Murders in the Media Age." Sunstone, 7 (l982) 28 33; reprinted in Mission Journal as "American Assassins and Mass Murderers: Saints for a Civil Religion of Death," 17.2 (1983) 3-7, 17.

John Shelton Lawrence, "Jesus Christ & Atari Boy:  Proceedings of the Intergalactic Council for Religious Anthropology and Archaelogy, 1999," Mission Journal, 16 (3), Sept, 1982: 3-5.

----. "Aspekte der Massenkultur in den U.S.A.," Conceptus (Austria), 15 (35/36) 1981:   168-78.

----. "Time for a freeze on video death games," Des Moines Register, 13 June, 1982.  Reprinted as "Cozying up to Nuclear Death?" InfoWorld 4 (29) 1982: 26; reprinted as “Time for a Freeze on Video Death Games.” Mission Journal 16 (8) 1983:18.

Robert Jewett & John Shelton Lawrence, "The Problem of Mythic Imperialism," Journal of American Culture, (2) 1979: 309-320.

John Shelton Lawrence & Bernard Timberg, "News and Mythic Selectivity:  Mayaguez, Entebbe, Mogadishu," Journal of American Culture, II (2) 1979: 321-330.

Robert Jewett & John S. Lawrence, Commentators, "Psychohistory of the Cinema," The Journal of Psychohistory, 5, (4) 1978: 512-520.

Robert Jewett & John S. Lawrence, "Mythic Conformity in the Cuckoo's Nest," The Psychocultural Review, I, (1) 1977: 68-76.

V. Work on Copyright, Scholarship & Publishing, Academic Computing

John S. Lawrence & Bernard Timberg (editors), Fair Use and Free Inquiry: Copyright Law and the New Media (Norwood, N.J.:  Ablex Publishing Co., Communication & Information Science Series, 1980)  Abridged and translated first edition published in Japan (Tokyo: Japanese Information Service, 1983). Second, Revised Edition, 1989. Essays by John S. Lawrence:  "Copyright Law, Fair Use, and the Academy:  An Introduction," "Donald Duck v. Chilean Socialism," "The Administration of Copyrighted Imagery at Walt Disney Productions."

John S. Lawrence, The Electronic Scholar: A Guide to Academic Microcomputing. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1984.

----. "Fair Use: What Do Scholars Want," presentation to Making the Future Work Today, Symposium of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Nov. 5-7, 1994, Washington, D.C.; text published in conference proceedings.

John S. Lawrence, Invited Speaker to Association of College Research Libraries (ACRL) Pre-Conference From Documents to Data: Anticipating the Next Wave, March 28, 1995, Pittsburgh, PA. Title of presentation: "Tension, Fear and Confusion in Electronic Fair Use."

Interviewed for and quoted in the newspaper article "The Outer Limits of Cyberspace," by John Pryzbys, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 26 June 1995: 1c, 6c.

Area Editor for "Computers and Popular Culture" section of The Guide to United States Popular Culture, Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne, eds. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 2001; editor for 27 articles, of which 5 were authored by myself: "Computers" Encyclopedia (lead article), "Bill Gates," "Steve Jobs," "Apple Computer," "H-PCAACA."

Interviewed for and quoted in Wall Street Journal article, "Why the Big Frenzy Over Windows95 is Like a '60 Corvette" by Clare Ansberry, 25 Aug 1995: 1a, 2a.

Interviewed and quoted by Margaret Talbot of Lingua Franca magazine on the topic of copyright fair use, October 1992.

John Lawrence, "Documented Videobooks: Some Conflicts between Technology and Copyright," Book Research Quarterly 2, (2) 1986. In the same issue, Comment on William Strong's "Notes from the Carrot Patch: Copyright Incentives and Disincentives for Intellectual Innovation."

John Lawrence, Comment on Robert Wedgeworth's "The Ambivalent Scholar," in Book Research Quarterly 2  (3) 1986.

John Lawrence, Software & Hardware Reviews in Computers and the Social Sciences 2,  (3), 1986: "Swyftcard," 165-166; "Zardax 6.0," 167-168; Quadram's 256K Multicore," 169-170; "Harvard Total Project Manager," 179-180.

John Lawrence, Software Reviews in Computers and the Humanities 20, (2) 1986: "Smooth Talker," 111-13; "Word Perfect 1.0," 130-132; "Expert Choice," 132-137. Vol. 21, 1987, "Bookends Extended: A Reference Management System for the IIe, IIc," 126-127; "Manuscript Manager," 197-200.

John S. Lawrence & Bernard Timberg, "The Kastenmeir Committee Guidelines on Fair Use in Off-Air Taping," American Film Institute Newsletter, September-October 1982.