Satan in America : the Devil we know /

Satan in America : the Devil we know /

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Author / Creator:	Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Description:	xxvi, 243 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	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. Civilization. Devil -- Christianity. Devil -- Social aspects. Good and evil -- Social aspects. National characteristics, American. Political culture. Violence. United States -- Religious life and customs. United States -- Civilization. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	OCLC Library's copy: 1st pbk. ed., 2010.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13248913

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ISBN:	9780742561717 0742561712 9781442200623 1442200626
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	Satan in America tells the story of America's complicated relationship with the devil. "new light" evangelists of the eighteenth century, enslaved African Americans, demagogic politicians, and modern American filmmakers have used the devil to damn their enemies, explain the nature of evil and injustice, mount social crusades, construct a national identity, and express anxiety about matters as diverse as the threat of war to the dangers of deviant sexuality. W. Scott Poole's book shows that both the range and the scope of American religiousness made theological evil an especially potent symbol. Satan appears repeatedly on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the United States, a shadow self to the sunny image of American progress and idealism.

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