If god meant to interfere

• Verfasst von: Douglas, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: If god meant to interfere
• Titelzusatz: American literature and the rise of the Christian right
• Verf.angabe: Christopher Douglas
• Verlagsort: Ithaca, NY ; London
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Jahr: 2016
• Umfang: viii, 367 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 339-357 ; Index: 359-367
• ISBN: 1-5017-0211-4
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4681-9
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-0211-2
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Literatur / (s)Evangelikale Bewegung / (s)Christentum / (s)Fanatismus / (s)Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / (s)Postmoderne / (z)Geschichte 1970-2010
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Douglas, Christopher, 1968 - : If God Meant to Interfere. - First published. - Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press, 2016. - 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 367 Seiten)
• Notation: WTSHCA
• K10plus-PPN: 1622291913

Abstract

"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"--

Abstract

Introduction: fiction in the God gap -- Multicultural entanglements. 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 -- Postmodern entanglements. Thomas Pynchon's prophecy -- Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact -- Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian -- The postmodern gospel according to Dan -- Conclustion: politics, literature, method