If God meant to interfere American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas.

Contents Introduction: fiction in the God gap -- Multicultural entanglements. Multiculturalism, secularization, resurgence -- The poisonwood Bible's multicultural graft -- Christian multiculturalism in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead -- Recapitulation and religious indifference in The plot against America -- Postmodern entanglements. Thomas Pynchon's prophecy -- Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact -- Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian -- The postmodern gospel according to Dan -- Conclustion: politics, literature, method.
Abstract "Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Christianity in the United States"-- Author's university Web page.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index.
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LCCN 2015043533
ISBN9781501702112 (cloth : alk. paper)

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