Matt Cardin is a writer, editor, musician, as well as college professor and administrator. With a Ph.D. in leadership and a master’s degree in religious studies, he focuses frequently on the intersection of religion, horror, art, and creativity.

His works include the weird and cosmic horror fiction collection To Rouse Leviathan, the overview Horror Literature through History, and the book Mummies around the World: An Encyclopedia of Mummies in Religion, History, and Popular Culture.

In this interview, Matt and I discuss the relationship between religion and horror, he explains what inspired him to approach these subjects as a scholar, and he distinguishes between horror authors who use religious elements intentionally as opposed to those who just use it as window dressing.

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