Satan in America: the Devil we know
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...
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0742561720 |