Contents

• Frontispiece
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Holy Land
• Preface
• 1. Zoroastrianism: The Beginning of the End
  • Whence Begins the End?
  • The World’s First Prophet
  • God, Good, Evil, and the Meaning of Life and Death
  • Dimensions of Zoroastrianism
  • The End and the Renewal of the World
  • Conclusion
• 2. Enoch, Daniel, and Jewish Messianism
  • Overview
  • Dimensions of Judaism
  • The Book of Enoch
  • The Book of Daniel
  • Sabbatai Sevi and Apocalyptic Kabbalah
  • Conclusion
• 3. Christianity and the Book of Revelation
  • Jesus Christ and the Emergence of the World’s Largest Religion
  • Doctrinal/Philosophical Dimensions of Christianity
  • The Writing of the Book of Revelation
  • The Book of Revelation and Its Interpreters39
  • Conclusion
• 4. Islam: Submission to God and the End of Time
  • Overview
  • Historical Background
  • Dimensions of Islam
  • Islamic Eschatology 
  • Interpreters of Islamic Eschatology
  • Conclusion
• Part II. Haiti
• Preface
• 5. The Man with the Empty Head: On the Zombie’s African Origins
  • The Man with the Empty Head
  • Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
  • The Zombie and the Casanova
  • Slavery in the French Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century
  • African Languages in Seventeenth-Century Guadeloupe
  • The Zombie’s Haitian Debut
  • Conclusion
• 6. What is Vodou?
  • Overview
  • A Brief History of Haitian Vodou
  • Practical and Ritual Dimensions of Haitian Vodou
  • Serving the Spirits
  • Experiential and Emotional Dimensions of Haitian Vodou
  • Material Dimensions of Haitian Vodou
  • Conclusion
• 7. Death, Dying, and the Soul in Haitian Vodou
  • Overview
  • The Soul in African Religion
  • Nanm ~ Vodou Soul
  • Feeding and Reclaiming the Dead in Haitian Vodou ~ Manje Mò and Wete Mò Anba Dlo
  • The Spirits and the Dead
  • Fèt Gede
  • Zonbi Prelude ~ In Guise of a Conclusion
• 8. Making Zombies in Haiti: Technologies and Types
  • Overview
  • Personal Encounters with Zonbi in Haiti
  • A Brief History of Poison in Haiti
  • Zombie Technologies in Haiti
  • Types of Zombies in Haiti
  • Conclusion
• Part III. Hollywood
• Preface
• 9. How Did Zombies Wind Up in America?
  • Overview
  • Is the Zombie that Old?
  • A Brief History of U.S. Imperialism and America’s Relationship to Haiti
  • But Might There Already Have Been Zombies in America? A Salty Conclusion
• 10. Zombies and the Zombie Apocalypse in Cinema and Literature
  • Overview
  • Zombie Purists
  • Zombies in Film: A Brief History
  • Globalizing the Zombie
  • Conclusion
• 11. Gaming and Walking the Undead: The Sprawling Zombie in Popular Culture
  • Overview
  • Zombie Games People Play: A Necessarily Brief History
  • Walking the Undead
  • Figuring Out Dead-ish Walkers and Gamers Who Kill Them
• 12. Why Zombies? Sociophobics, Othering, Contagion
  • Overview: What is Fear?
  • Fear, Fascination, and the Births of Religion, the Apocalypse, and the Zombie
  • Conclusion
• Conclusion