Satan in America :the Devil we know /W. Scott Poole.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Satan in America :the Devil we know /W. Scott Poole.

Description

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. xxvi, 243 p., [4] p. of plates :ill. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Poole, W. Scott

Place Published

City

Lanham, Md.

Date Published

circa 2009

Publication Subjects

Devil--Social aspects--United States--History. Devil--Political aspects--United States--History. Devil--Christianity. Good and evil--Social aspects--United States--History. Good and evil--Political aspects--United States--History. National characteristics, American. Political culture--United States--History. Violence--United States--History.

Call No.

BT982.P66 2009

ISBN

9780742561717 (cloth : alk. paper), 0742561712 (cloth : alk. paper), 9781442200623 (electronic), 1442200626 (electronic)

LCCN

2009020062

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.