List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Giraffes and Shamblers

Peter Admirand

Part 1: Violence

Chapter 1: Separating the 'Sci' from the 'Fi': The Ominously Real World of Fungal Pathogens, and the Possibilities of Asthma, Illness, and Outbreak

David O'Connor and Jerry Hourihane Clancy

Chapter 2: Ellie, Abby, and the Hospital Missions in The Last of Us Part II

Amy M. Green

Chapter 3: The Theologies of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Albert Schweitzer in Dialogue with the Moral Landscape of The Last of Us

David K. Goodin

Chapter 4: Everything Happens for a Reason: 'Pastor' David, Epistemic Harm, and Religious Trauma Syndrome

Daniel J. Cameron

Chapter 5: Facing the Apocalypse: The Religious Cult of the Seraphites in The Last of Us Part II

Tijana Rup¿i¿

Part 2: Ethics

Chapter 6: On Relationality, Human Beings, and Clickers

Robert Grant Price

Chapter 7: Genesis in Lincoln, MA: The Creation of Bill and Frank in "Long, Long Time"

Ryan Banfi

Chapter 8: Turning Reconsidered: Sam and Henry and the Futility of Nonviolence amidst Racism and Runners

Adam B. Banks

Chapter 9: The Road and The Last of Us: Failed Fathers at the End of the World

Peter Admirand

Part 3: Redemption?

Chapter 10: God's (Non)Presence, Interdependence, and Hope in The Last of Us: A Theological Reflection

Pavol Bargár

Chapter 11: The Last of Us and Eschatology for a Post-Apocalyptic World

Flora x. Tang

Chapter 12: Carrying the Fire and Finding the Fireflies: Hope, Despair, and Godtalk in the Dystopian Stories of Naughty Dog and Cormac McCarthy

Matthew C. Millsap and Ched Spellman

Chapter 13: "Save Who You Can Save": Soteriology in The Last of Us

Rebecca Chapman

Conclusion: "Too Much Faith in Humanity?"

Peter Admirand

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