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

Author/creator Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.
Descriptionxxvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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.
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Civilization.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0742561720 (pbk.)
ISBN9780742561724 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BT982 .P66 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold