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Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America de Charles L. Cohen

Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America: Print Culture History in Modern America

Editat de Charles L. Cohen, Paul S. Boyer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 iul 2008
Mingling God and Mammon, piety and polemics, and prescriptions for this world and the next, modern Americans have created a culture of print that is vibrantly religious. From America’s beginnings, the printed word has played a central role in articulating, propagating, defending, critiquing, and sometimes attacking religious belief. In the last two centuries the United States has become both the leading producer and consumer of print and one of the most identifiably religious nations on earth. Print in every form has helped religious groups come to grips with modernity as they construct their identities. In turn, publishers have profited by swelling their lists with spiritual advice books and scriptures formatted so as to attract every conceivable niche market.
            Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America explores how a variety of print media—religious tracts, newsletters, cartoons, pamphlets, self-help books, mass-market paperbacks, and editions of the Bible from the King James Version to contemporary “Bible-zines”—have shaped and been shaped by experiences of faith since the Civil War. Edited by Charles L. Cohen and Paul S. Boyer, whose comprehensive historical essays provide a broad overview to the topic, this book is the first on the history of religious print culture in modern America and a well-timed entry into the increasingly prominent contemporary debate over the role of religion in American public life.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780299225742
ISBN-10: 0299225747
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 26 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Print Culture History in Modern America

Recenzii

“From the Puritan ‘Bible Commonwealths’ of colonial New England to the contemporary marketplace of evangelical and New Age bestsellers, American religious culture has centered on the printed word. These groundbreaking essays reveal the tremendous power of print to create communities and sustain assumptions. A fascinating foray into the modern religious worlds made by the word.”—Peter J. Thuesen, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

“[T]hose who are interested in reading thought-provoking essays examining the various ways in which print culture has influenced modern American religion—particularly Protestantism—will find this volume rewarding. Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America offers fresh perspectives and insightful analyses of understudied themes. The work will likely prompt further discussion and encourage future research in what remains a largely unexplored field.”—Evangelical Studies Bulletin

Notă biografică

Charles L. Cohen is professor of history and religious studies and director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic religions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of God’s Caress: The Psychology of Puritan Religious Experience. Paul S. Boyer is Merle Curti Professor of History Emeritus and former director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His many books include Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press; When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture; and Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft with Stephen Nissenbaum.

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Mingling God and Mammon, piety and polemics, and prescriptions for this world and the next, modern Americans have created a culture of print that is vibrantly religious. From America’s beginnings, the printed word has played a central role in articulating, propagating, defending, critiquing, and sometimes attacking religious belief. In the last two centuries the United States has become both the leading producer and consumer of print and one of the most identifiably religious nations on earth. Print in every form has helped religious groups come to grips with modernity as they construct their identities. In turn, publishers have profited by swelling their lists with spiritual advice books and scriptures formatted so as to attract every conceivable niche market.
            Religion and the Culture of Print in Modern America explores how a variety of print media—religious tracts, newsletters, cartoons, pamphlets, self-help books, mass-market paperbacks, and editions of the Bible from the King James Version to contemporary “Bible-zines”—have shaped and been shaped by experiences of faith since the Civil War. Edited by Charles L. Cohen and Paul S. Boyer, whose comprehensive historical essays provide a broad overview to the topic, this book is the first on the history of religious print culture in modern America and a well-timed entry into the increasingly prominent contemporary debate over the role of religion in American public life.
 
Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association