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EBOOK Religion of Fear:The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199887699
EAN: AE134916EB
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Stron: 336
Data wydania: 2008
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Conservative evangelicalism has transformed American politics, disseminating a        sometimes fearful message not just through conventional channels, but through        subcultures and alternate modes of communication. Within this world is a "e;Religion        of Fear,"e; a critical impulse that dramatizes cultural and political conflicts and        issues in frightening ways that serve to contrast "e;orthodox"e; behaviors and beliefs        with those linked to darkness, fear, and demonology. Jason Bivins offers close        examinations of several popular evangelical cultural creations including the Left        Behind novels, church-sponsored Halloween "e;Hell Houses,"e; sensational comic books,        especially those disseminated by Jack Chick, and anti-rock and -rap rhetoric and        censorship. Bivins depicts these fascinating and often troubling phenomena in vivid        (sometimes lurid) detail and shows how they seek to shape evangelical cultural        identity.As the "e;Religion of Fear"e; has developed since the 1960s, Bivins sees its        message moving from a place of relative marginality to one of prominence. What does        it say about American public life that such ideas of fearful religion and violent        politics have become normalized? Addressing this question, Bivins establishes links        and resonances between the cultural politics of evangelical pop, the activism of the        New Christian Right, and the political exhaustion facing American democracy.Religion        of Fear is a significant contribution to our understanding of the new shapes of        political religion in the United States, of American evangelicalism, of the relation        of religion and the media, and the link between religious pop culture and        politics.

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