Satan in America the Devil we know - Poole, W. Scott, 1971- (Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009)
Preface: "Night stalker" : American exceptionalism and the reality of evil -- "The Devil is come down in great wrath" : the American Satan in the colonial and Revolutionary worlds -- Darkness invisible : the Devil and American revivalism -- The devils of Daniel Webster : satanic cultural politics through World War I -- Casting out devils : American theology and popular religion meets the Devil -- Hellhound on my trail : Satan and twentieth-century American culture -- Lucifer rising : satanic panics and culture wars -- The beast : Satan and the theology of American empire -- Epilogue: Shame the Devil : the problem of evil and American cultural history -- Hunting the Devil : a bibliographic essay.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: 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; United States -- Religious life and customs; United States -- Civilization; National characteristics, American; Political culture -- United States -- History; Violence -- United States -- History; Electronic books