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Christopher Sharrett

Christopher Sharrett is a professor of communication and film studies at Seton Hall University, a Catholic school in South Orange, N.J. Sharrett has written widely about comic book literature and religion. He traces the modern exploration of religion in this venue to the 1980s.

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Preston Hunter

Preston Hunter, founder of ComicBookReligion.com, has analyzed dozens of comic book characters and lists their religious affiliations there as well as on Adherents.com, which he also founded. He says Batman may be a lapsed Roman Catholic or disaffected Episcopalian. The Thing from The Fantastic Four is Jewish, a rare instance of a character’s faith being discussed openly in […]

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USCCB Blog

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops media blog featuring commentary, documents and other resources related to USCCB and the Catholic Church

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