Great awakenings : popular religion and popular culture
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Great awakenings : popular religion and popular culture
(Haworth popular culture)
Harrington Park Press , An imprint of Haworth Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-245) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United States--the country with the highest church attendance in the Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings:"
the Atlantic Seaboard Awakening
the Urban Awakening
the Modernist Awakening
the Celebrity Preacher Awakening
the Electronic AwakeningFishwick explores the current events preceding and during each awakening, its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an anticipation for the next great awakening.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Atlantic Seaboard Awakening
The Appalachian Awakening
The Urban Awakening
The New American Gospel
Confronting the Serpent
The Modernist Awakening
Civil Religion
Secular Salvation
Religion on the Airwaves
Star to the Stars
The Aging Eagle
The Electronic Awakening
Dixie's Holy Warriors
The Chicken Little Panic
Big Mac and Big Jesus: Brave New McWorld
Some Final Thoughts
Further Information
Further Reading
Index
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