Introduction

INTRODUCTION


My daughter, an engineering graduate student, had scarcely gotten into the car with her suitcase when she thrust a book into my hands. Twilight.

“Mom, you should read this,” she said.

“Vampires?” I asked. Really? I had better things to do over Christmas break, and I was tired.

“Seriously, you will love it,” she insisted. I noticed the Eve motif in the cover art, with a young woman’s hands emerging from the darkness, holding an apple.

“Tell me more,” I said. I hadn’t paid much attention to this book, although I had heard it was number one on the New York Times best-seller list. A movie had just come out, too. I flipped it over and skimmed the back cover. Maybe she was right. I was going to be teaching a course on the gospel and popular culture after Christmas break. Should I include something about Twilight?...