Satan in America : the Devil we know /

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 damn their enemies, explain the nature of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
Temas:
Devil > Social aspects > United States > History.
Devil > Political aspects > United States > History.
Devil > Christianity.
Good and evil > Social aspects > United States > History.
Good and evil > Political aspects > United States > History.
National characteristics, American.
Political culture > United States > History.
Violence > United States > History.
Démon > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Démon > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Civilization.
Devil > Social aspects.
Good and evil > Social aspects.
Political culture.
Violence.
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: "Night stalker" : American exceptionalism and the reality of evil
  • "The Devil is come down in great wrath" : the American Satan in the colonial and Revolutionary worlds
  • Darkness invisible : the Devil and American revivalism
  • The devils of Daniel Webster : satanic cultural politics through World War I
  • Casting out devils : American theology and popular religion meets the Devil
  • Hellhound on my trail : Satan and twentieth-century American culture
  • Lucifer rising : satanic panics and culture wars
  • 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.

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