If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas.

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Douglas, Christopher, 1968- [author.]

Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781501703539
1501703536

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: If God meant to interfere.DDC classification:

813/.5409382 23

LOC classification:

PS374.R47 D68 2016eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Multiculturalism, secularization, resurgence -- The poisonwood Bible's multicultural graft -- Christian multiculturalism in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead -- Recapitulation and religious indifference in The plot against America -- Thomas Pynchon's prophecy -- Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact -- Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian -- The postmodern gospel according to Dan.

Summary: "Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Christianity in the United States"-- Author's university Web page.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Christianity in the United States"-- Author's university Web page.