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If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right
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"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, ...
"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"--
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- Creator
- Christopher Douglas
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016
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- viii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1501703536, 9781501703539, 9781501702112, 1501702114, 9781501703522
- OCLC
- ocn950738868, ocn979581439, ocn927381695
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 -- Thomas Pynchon's prophecy -- Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact -- Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian -- The postmodern gospel according to Dan
Subjects
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
- Christianity in literature.
- Fundamentalism in literature.
- Evangelicalism in literature.
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History.
- Christian conservatism -- United States -- History.
- Religious right -- United States -- History.