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.