God-fearing and free : a spiritual history of America's Cold War / Jason W. Stevens.
| Author/creator | Stevens, Jason W., 1975- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. |
| Description | xiii, 434 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Going beyond modernism from World War I to the Cold War -- Pt. 1. How a theologican served the opinion elite, and how an evangelist startled them. Christianity, reason, and the national character -- Origins of an ailing polemic -- Pt. 2. Narratives of blindness and insight in an era of confession. Guilt of the thirties, penitence of the fifties -- McCarthyism through sentimental melodrama and film noir -- Pt. 3. Cold War cultural politics and the varieties of religious experience. The mass culture critique's implications for American religion -- Jeremiads on the American arcade and its consumption ethic -- Pt. 4. Versions of inwardness in Cold War psychology and the neo-Gothic. Controversies over therapeutic religion -- Locating the enigma of Shirley Jackson -- Pt. 5. The styles of prophecy. Voices of reform, radicalism, and conservative dissent -- James Baldwin and the wages of innocence -- Epilogue: Putting an end to ending our innocence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010024972 |
| ISBN | 9780674055551 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674055551 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BR526 .S74 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |