Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lutheran Comic Book Heroes! ? ! ? !



Thanks to my brother and sister-in-law for passing on this extremely helpful site, if one wants to know the religious affiliation of your favorite comic book character -- http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html .
I am torn about the Lutherans: Superman's Jimmy Olsen seems to be the only faithful one! The others are mixed -- a Danish Lutheran -Atlantean? and a couple of probably lapsed guys. Maybe we Lutherans should advocate for more inclusion. Martin Luther himself was depicted as a superhero almost 500 years ago (see Luther as Hercules, courtesy of Holbein in 1523). For those readers and viewers centuries ago, the mythic stories were personalized in the struggles of Luther and those viewers/readers identified with Luther's frustration with the status quo, his "outsider" character, his challenge to the powers and the way things are just accepted. Right there is a great comic book copy AND the foundation of a great religious insight set!

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