ISBN:
0742561712
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9780742561717
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvi, 243 p., [4] p. of plates)
,
ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Frankfurter, David Review: Satan in America: The Devil We Know, by W. Scott Poole 2012
Parallel Title:
Print version Satan in America : The Devil We Know
DDC:
306.6/35470973
Keywords:
Good and evil Political aspects
;
History
;
National characteristics, American
;
Political culture History
;
Violence History
;
Devil Christianity
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Devil Social aspects
;
History
;
Devil Political aspects
;
History
;
Good and evil Social aspects
;
History
;
Good and evil - Political aspects - United States - History
;
United States Religious life and customs
;
United States Civilization
Abstract:
.cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}.csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; }.cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; }Satan in America tells the story of America's complicated relationship with the devil. "New light" evangelists of the eighteenth century, enslaved African Americans, demagogic politicians, and modern American film-makers have used the devil to
Description / Table of Contents:
Satan in America; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: DIABOLICAL BEGINNINGS; Chapter 01: The Devil Is Come Down inGreat Wrath": The AmericanSatan in the Colonial andRevolutionary Worlds; Chapter 02: Darkness Invisible: The Devil and American Revivalism; Chapter 03: The Devils of Daniel Webster: Satanic Cultural Politics through World War I; Part II: THE SATANIC CENTURY; Chapter 04: Casting Out Devils: American Theology and Popular Religion Meets the Devil; Chapter 05: Hellhound on My Trail: Satan and Twentieth-Century American Culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 06: Lucifer Rising: Satanic Panics and Culture WarsChapter 07: The Beast: Satan and the Theology of American Empire; Epilogue: Shame the Devil: The Problem of Evil and American Cultural History; Hunting the Devil: A Bibliographic Essay; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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