If God meant to interfere :
Douglas, Christopher, 1968-
If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
In English.
9781501703539 1501703536
10.7591/9781501703539 doi
22573/ctt18kt9c4 JSTOR
1900-2099
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Christianity in literature.
Fundamentalism in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Christianity and literature--History.--United States
Christian conservatism--History.--United States
Religious right--History.--United States
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Christian conservatism.
Christianity and literature.
Christianity in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Fundamentalism in literature.
Religious right.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.R47 / D68 2016eb
813/.5409382
If God meant to interfere : American literature and the rise of the Christian right / Christopher Douglas. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
In English.
9781501703539 1501703536
10.7591/9781501703539 doi
22573/ctt18kt9c4 JSTOR
1900-2099
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--21st century
Christianity in literature.
Fundamentalism in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Christianity and literature--History.--United States
Christian conservatism--History.--United States
Religious right--History.--United States
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
Christian conservatism.
Christianity and literature.
Christianity in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Fundamentalism in literature.
Religious right.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.R47 / D68 2016eb
813/.5409382
