This book explores the connection between religion and James Bond using themes such as sin/redemption, sexuality, political theology, and religious plurality.
The essays herein span across the Bond films, Ian Fleming's novels, the history and development of Bond, and the video games and collectibles, questioning what we might gain by observing the religious and philosophical underpinnings of Bond's belief system. Though not typically prescribing to a religious system, 007 encounters religion, is shaped by philosophical purpose, and is immersed in a religious world. George Tsakiridis and his fellow contributors consider what is the religion/worldview of Bond (internal) and symbols, presentations, and themes where we look for religion in the material and visible (external). They argue that, by shining a light on religion in James Bond we not only better understand this iconic character, but the cultural and historical contexts that mold him.
