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  Rasmi Simhan, Dallas Morning News "Redefining Heroism" (interview with John Shelton Lawrence and others about Hollywood action heroes) Catholica,
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(France, French language) Peter Chattaway, "Superheroes and Violence," Canadian Christianity, Nov. 2002. Dirk Dunbar, "Hollywood's Transformed Hero: A Countercultural Journey, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. VI, Spring 2004. Fred Edwords, "The Myth of the American Superhero," The Humanist, May-June 2003. p. 44. Tom Flynn, "The Bourne Identity: Lost and Found in the Labyrinth of the Self," The Mythological Movie Club Thomas S. Hibbs, "God and Man at the Multiplex," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2003, pp. 33-35. See author response, "The Rule of Law," in Correspondence, Fall 2003. Michael Hughes, "Book examines superheroes," Amarillo Globe-News, Jan 26, 2003. Robert Jewett, Robert Jewett: "Messianismus
in Religion, Pop-Kultur und Politik," Referat im Rahmen der Tagung
Tagung "Christlicher Imperialismus Matthew Kapell, "Review of Myth of the American Superhero," Extrapolation, Summer 2003. John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett, "The
Myth of the American Superhero: Bush's Rambo Delusion," San
Francisco Chronicle, 7/26/02 (an article that discusses Bush
administration's position on the International Criminal Court) John Shelton Lawrence, "Will California Elect a Superhero?" (Arnold as candidate), posted at Film and History John Shelton Lawrence, "Interview," Eerdmans.com Der Spiegel's Bush as Rambo cover John Shelton Lawrence, "Fascist Redemption or Democratic Hope?," chapter in Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty's edited volume, Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise (Continuum, 2004); this essay explores some of the most prominent fascist elements of The Matrix trilogy and their relationship to the theme of the American hero with superpowers. Warner, Marina. Review, Books of the Year designation at The Observer (U.K.), 28 Nov. 2004.  Ray Browne, "The Myth of the American Superhero," Journal of American Culture, March 2003, p. 146. Brookey, R. & Westerfelhaus, R. “Pistols and Petticoats, Piety and Purity: To Fong Woo, the Queering of the American Monomyth, and the Marginalizating Discourse of Deification.” Critical Studies in Media Communication 18:2, 141-156. (online summary) Olga Nunez Miret, "The Myth of the American Superhero," Journal of American Studies, 37 (2003), I, p. 172. D.C. Shaw, "The Myth of the American Superhero," Choice, Feb 2003, p. 1058. D. L. Sutton, , & Winn, J. E. (2001). "Do we get to win this time?": POW/MIA rescue films and the American momomyth. Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, 24(1/2), 25-30.
Edward Berckman, "Superheroism, Anti-Heroism, and the Heroism Void in Children's TV." Christian Century, July 4-11, 1979, 704, posted by Religion-Online. Bruce David Forbes, "Batman Crucified: Religion and the Modern Superhero Comic Book," WACC--Taking Sides. --------------------, "Why Clergy Should Not Ignore Television Word and World, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter, 1998. Robert H. Tucker, "Into the Sunset:
The American Myth of Redemptive Violence" (June 1997 sermon based
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