Well, five years have passed since Camp Crystal Lake was shuttered… yet again… and now word is that there is a new attempt to turn neighboring camp facilities into a camp counselor training program? Join hosts Joe and Pace as they talk about the second entry in the Friday the 13th franchise, where Jason seemingly rises from the dead to avenge the death of his mother. We take a deep dive into the queer clobber passages, mimetic desire, the grand narrative, and evolution of the final girl. Also, is it just us, or should Jason get a career in interior decorating? Find out all of this and more in this episode of Horror Nerds at Church.
CW: use of the term crazy in the name of a character from the film, discussion of the clobber passages, and mention of HIV/AIDS
Books Mentioned:
Crystal Lake Memories by Peter M. Bracke
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
The Girard Reader by Rene Girard, ed. James G. Williams
More Resources on the Clobber Passages:
-The Queer Theology podcast has a lot of resources, articles, and courses on creating queer biblical perspectives. This episode, titled “Does Queer Sex Make Me Unclean,” addresses some of the frequent questions related to the clobber passages.
-Daniel Helminiak’s book What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality is an accessible and thorough refutation of the clobber passages.
-Mel White, author of the book Clobber the Passages, gave a talk on the book and the passages at a Lavender Lunch for the Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies in Religion. The talk can be viewed in its entirety here.
-The Human Rights Campaign has a special resource called Out in Scripture which includes over 175 queer-affirming conversations about the Bible.
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