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Religion(s) and Nature(s) Reading Group: SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING Session 4
In an effort to generate more discussion and collaboration on the scholarly study of religious naturalism, the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Oxford Graduate Theological Society is organizing a reading group on Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette’s influential run of Swamp Thing (1984–1987) and academic literature related to its sociohistorical context and themes. Moore’s writing explores sacred conceptions of nature, non-human life, magic, and psychedelic experiences. Brought to life by Bissette’s art, Saga of the Swamp Thing is perhaps the definitive tale of ecospirituality in the comics medium. All humans (and plant-monsters) are invited to join us to discuss this influential work.
Reading list: haliphron.ink/2025/11/04/swamp2025
Session 4 Readings (December 3)
Moore, Alan, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben. “Book Six (#57-64).” In Saga of the Swamp Thing: Vertigo, 2014.
Secondary:
Krinsky, Hindi. “Mean Green Machine: How the Ecological Politics of Alan Moore’s Reimagination of Swamp Thing Brought Eco-Consciousness to Comics.” In Plants and Literature: Essays in Critical Plant Studies, edited by Randy Laist, 221-41. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Goodenough, Ursula. “Religious Naturalism and Naturalizing Morality.” Zygon 38, no. 1 (2003): 101-09.
Date:
3 December 2025, 13:00
Venue:
14 St Giles Seminar Room
Speaker:
Reading Group
Organiser:
Scott Ryan Maybell (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
scott.maybell@sjc.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Religion(s) and Nature(s) Reading Group: SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Scott Maybell
