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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/535505699 Title: Religion of Fear. The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism. Author: Jason C Bivins; Oxford University Press Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. OCLC:535505699

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Religion of Fear. The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism.

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Religion of Fear. The Politics of Horror in Conservative Evangelicalism.

Author:	Jason C Bivins; Oxford University Press.
Publisher:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:	Oxford scholarship online.; Oxford scholarship online., Religion module.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : English
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Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Jason C Bivins; Oxford University Press. Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	535505699
Description:	336 p. ill.
Contents:	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. "Scary Jesus": Locating the "Religion of Fear" in Conservative Evangelicalism; 2. "A Common Thrill": Evangelicalism and the Culture of Fear; 3. "Jesus Was Not a Weak Fairy": Chick Tracts and the Visual Culture of Evangelical Fear; 4. "Runnin' with the Devil": Conservative Evangelical Fear and Popular Music; 5. "Shake 'em to Wake 'em": Hell Houses and the Conservative Evangelical Theater of Horror; 6. "Already Decided and Carrying a Weapon!": The Political Terrors of Being Left Behind; 7. "Like Beating the Dog": Fear and American Democracy; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Series Title:	Oxford scholarship online.; Oxford scholarship online., Religion module.
Responsibility:	By Jason C Bivins.

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"Jason Bivins takes readers on an engaging but unsettling tour of 'the dark corners and sub-basements of American culture, ' from Hell Houses to comic books, and along the way we learn a great

"In this fine work of critical cultural analysis, Bivins finds the anxious heart of modern conservative evangelicalism in the United States, showing that fear, powerfully nurtured and exacerbated, has been a potent energizer of Christian public activism. This is a dark but necessary story. Democracy always has its demons, and it is best we know their names. This is a sharp work of social and religious analysis that deserves to be widely read." --Robert Orsi, Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies, Northwestern University

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