Walrath Displacing the Divine

The Minister in the Mirror of American Fiction
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-52180-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Religion and American Culture

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Walrath, Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction: Fiction as a Mirror of Culture
Part I. Exposing the Divine: 1790s–1850s
1. Faltering Fathers and Devious Divines: Popular Images
2. Clerics in Contention: Church Images
3. Vulnerable Divines: Radical Images
Part II. Discrediting the Divine: 1860s–1920s
4. Compulsives and Accommodators: Popular Images (1)
5. Con Men in Collars and Heroes of the Cloth: Popular Images (2)
6. Activist Preachers and Th eir Detractors: Popular Images (3)
7. Champions of the Faith: Church Images
8. Foundering Divines: Radical Images (1)
9. Flawed Divines: Radical Images (2)
Part III. The Legacy: 1930s–2000s
10. Fallen Divines: Some Contemporary Images
Conclusion. The Legacy of the Displaced Divine
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas Alan Walrath is Lowry Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at Bangor Seminary. He has served as pastor, church executive, seminary professor, and church strategy consultant in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He lives in Maine.