Höllenvorstellungen in aktueller Kinder- und Jugendliteratur: Religionsdidaktische Erwägungen
This contribution examines four examples of children?s and young adult literature all of which use the concept of hell metaphorically in order to reflect on human problems. Specifically, hell functions as a metaphor by mirroring the depths of the human psyche. The threat of hell can be defused for c...
| Subtitles: | Hölle |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2023
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| In: |
Jahrbuch für biblische Theologie
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Pages: 249-278 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hell
/ Childrens' literature
/ Juvenile literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | TK Recent history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | This contribution examines four examples of children?s and young adult literature all of which use the concept of hell metaphorically in order to reflect on human problems. Specifically, hell functions as a metaphor by mirroring the depths of the human psyche. The threat of hell can be defused for children through the use of humorous trivializations of it as a concept (for example, the devil?s son being ?too good? for hell). For young people, the structure and effect of the threat of eternal punishment is made accessible in the presentation of the demise of a sect in a hellish fire in the book After the Fire. The fantasy trilogy Demon Road, uses the example of the close connection between hell and earth to prompt the search for genuine transcendence. This occurs, for example, in heaven as a transcendent symbol of hope that encompasses the paradoxical unity of hell and not-hell. The longing for transcendence is already included in the title of the science fiction novel More Than This, in which a boy wakes up after his suicide in the ?hell? of a deserted place, that brings him face to face with lingering guilt from his childhood. Later, through encounters with other young people, he realizes that hell lies elsewhere and that his path is more likely to lead him to heaven. In terms of didactics of religion, the examples presented in this contribution provide numerous opportunities to explore different ideas and portrayals of heaven and hell with children and young people. |
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| ISSN: | 2567-9392 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Jahrbuch für biblische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/9783666558719.249 |