Umfang:
XVI, 379 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
ISBN:
9780231151061
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0231151063
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9780231521802
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0231521804
Serie:
Religion and American culture
Inhalt:
Introduction: Fiction as a mirror of culture -- Exposing the divine : 1790s - 1850s -- Faltering fathers and devious divines : popular images. Misfits in America ; Harsh Puritans and fanatical Calvinists ; Scoundrels in collars -- Clerics in contention : church images. Liberal challengers ; Faithful Calvinists ; Precarious pastors -- Vulnerable divines : radical images. Victims of their believing ; Perpetrators of oppression ; Exposing the divine -- Discrediting the divine : 1860s - 1920s -- Compulsives and accommodators : popular images (1). Compelled believers ; Compulsive believers ; Accommodating believers ; Prudent believers -- Con men in collars and heroes of the cloth : popular images (2). Phony preachers ; Muscular ministers ; Gallant parsons -- Activist preachers and their detractors : popular images (3). Social ministers ; Entrenched reactionaries ; Social activists ; Utopian idealists -- Champions of the faith : church images. Muscular believers ; Social evangelicals -- Foundering divines : radical images (1). Inept contenders ; Anachronisms -- Flawed divines : radical images (2). Weak and impotent men ; Pretenders, deceivers, and commercial preachers -- The legacy : 1930s - 2000s -- Fallen divines : some contemporary images. Deprived preachers : a radical image ; Comic Calvinists : a popular and church image ; Human divines : a popular image -- Conclusion: The legacy of the displaced divine. The displacing : a summary ; The legacy
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index
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Introduction: Fiction as a mirror of cultureExposing the divine : 1790s-1850s -- Faltering fathers and devious divines : popular images. Misfits in America ; Harsh Puritans and fanatical Calvinists ; Scoundrels in collars -- Clerics in contention : church images. Liberal challengers ; Faithful Calvinists ; Precarious pastors -- Vulnerable divines : radical images. Victims of their believing ; Perpetrators of oppression ; Exposing the divine -- Discrediting the divine : 1860s-1920s -- Compulsives and accommodators : popular images (1). Compelled believers ; Compulsive believers ; Accommodating believers ; Prudent believers -- Con men in collars and heroes of the cloth : popular images (2). Phony preachers ; Muscular ministers ; Gallant parsons -- Activist preachers and their detractors : popular images (3). Social ministers ; Entrenched reactionaries ; Social activists ; Utopian idealists -- Champions of the faith : church images. Muscular believers ; Social evangelicals -- Foundering divines : radical images. Inept contenders ; Anachronisms -- Flawed divines : radical images. Weak and impotent men ; Pretenders, deceivers, and commercial preachers -- The legacy : 1930s-2000s -- Fallen divines : some contemporary images. Deprived preachers : a radical image ; Comic Calvinists : a popular and church image ; Human divines : a popular image -- Conclusion: The legacy of the displaced divine. The displacing : a summary ; The legacy.
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Introduction: Fiction as a mirror of culture -- Part I: Exposing the divine : 1790s-1850s -- Faltering fathers and devious divines : popular images -- Misfits in America -- HarshPuritans and fanatical Calvinists -- Scoundrels in collars -- Clerics in contention : church images -- Liberal challengers -- Faithful Calvinists -- Precarious pastors -- Vulnerable divines : radical images -- Victims of their believing -- Perpetrators of oppression -- Exposing the divine -- Part II: Discrediting the divine : 1860s-1920s -- Compulsives and accommodators : popular images -- Compelled believers -- Compulsive believers -- Accommodating believers -- Prudent believers -- Con men in collars and heroes of the cloth : popular images -- Phony preachers -- Muscular ministers -- Gallant parsons -- Activist preachers and their detractors : popular images -- Social ministers -- Entrenched reactionaries -- Social activists -- Utopian idealists -- Champions of the faith : church images -- Muscular believers -- Social evangelicals -- Foundering divines : radical images -- Inept contenders -- Anachronisms -- Flawed divines : radical images -- Weak and impotent men -- Pretenders, deceivers, and commercial preachers -- Part III: The legacy : 1930s-2000s -- Fallen divines : some contemporary images -- Deprived preachers : a radical image -- Comic Calvinists : a popular and church image -- Human divines : a popular image -- Conclusion: The legacy of the displaced divine -- The displacing : a summary -- The legacy.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780231521802
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Amerikanistik
Schlagwort(e):
USA
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Roman
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Geistlicher
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Geschichte 1790-2010
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