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Author:
Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Title:
Satan in America : the Devil we know / W. Scott Poole.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xxvi, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Devil--History.--United States--History.
Devil--History.--United States--History.
Devil--Christianity.
Good and evil--History.--United States--History.
Good and evil--History.--United States--History.
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Civilization.
National characteristics, American.
Political culture--United States--History.
Violence--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780742561724
0742561720
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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