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John Anthony Dunne is Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary (Saint Paul, MN).
Kris Song is Adjunct Professor at Bethel Seminary (Saint Paul, MN).

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Like the series' trademark pie, John Anthony Dunne and Kris Song's exploration into David Lynch's Twin Peaks leaves you hungry for more.
This volume investigates the religious, theological, spiritual, and supernatural elements across the series' two original seasons (ABC, 1990), the Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) film, and its third and final season, often referred to as The Return (Showtime, 2017). Zooming in on iconic aspects like the Log Lady, the Red Room, and Laura Palmer's catalyzing murder, the contributors present fresh, thought-provoking insights into the oft-discussed cult classic. This volume's subjects, like Twin Peaks itself, frustrates and compels at the same time, inviting deeper exploration into the series' religious and theological significance.

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About the Contributors

Introduction: "But When I Saw the Face of God": Introducing Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks
John Anthony Dunne and Kris Song

Section I. "The Search for the Zone": Spiritual Quests for Truth and Meaning

Chapter 1-"My Log Is Turning Gold": The Religions in and of Twin Peaks
John Anthony Dunne

Chapter 2-Catching Big Fishes in a Postsecular Age: Twin Peaks and the Search for Meaning in 1990s Culture
Ilaria W. Biano

Chapter 3-Transcendental Style in Twin Peaks
Zachary Sheldon

Chapter 4-The Music of Twin Peaks: Seeking the Spiritual in Angelo Badalamenti's Themes
Chris Thiessen

Chapter 5- Of Logs and Logos: Twin Peaks, Animism, and the New Materialisms
Whitney A. Bauman

Chapter 6-"One Day My Log Will Have Something to Say about This": A Posthuman Analysis of a Log and a Lady
Susana Pacheco, Joel Santos, Tânia Casimiro, and Afonso Leão

Chapter 7-Laura's Not the Only One: Twin Peaks and the Critique of Christ Figures
Thomas Britt

Chapter 8-Revelation, Dreams, and Apocalypticism in Twin Peaks
Taylor M. Weaver

Section II. "The Gifted & the Damned": Evil and Human Agency

Chapter 9-David Lynch Keeps His Head
David Foster Wallace

Chapter 10-Laura Palmer and the Dancing Daughter in Mark 6.17-29
Alexis Bradford

Chapter 11- "I Am What You Fear I Could Be": A Reading of BOB as Perceived by Laura Palmer in The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Dana Abu Dbay

Chapter 12-Once More, "Who Killed Laura Palmer?": BOB, Demon Possession, and Human Culpability
Joshua Alfaro

Chapter 13-Apophaticism and the Ineffable Judy
Philip Jeffries

Section III. "Through the Darkness of Future Past": Time, Endings, and Eschatology
Chapter 14-Time and Time Again: From Christian Linearity to Vedic Atelicity in Twin Peaks
Trevor Babcock

Chapter 15-Storytelling Sequels: Multi-volume Mysteries in Luke-Acts and the Original Series of Twin Peaks
Nickolas A. Fox

Chapter 16-"Once We Cross, It Could All Be Different": Cooper's Nostos and the Women of Twin Peaks: The Return
Andrew H. Waller

Chapter 17-The Red Room and the Bridal Chamber: The Relational Reunion of Self in Twin Peaks and the Gospel of Philip
John Anthony Dunne

Chapter 18-"The Past Dictates the Future": Biblical Repetition, Stoic Recurrence, and the Circularity of Time in Twin Peaks: The Return
Kris Song