Todd M Brenneman

Homespun Gospel

The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through an examination of the literary works of popular ministers Max Lucado, Rick Warren, and Joel Osteen, Todd M. Brenneman offers insight into a previously unexplored aspect of American evangelical identity: sentimentality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199988983
• ISBN-10: 0199988986
• Artikelnr.: 38394615

Autorenporträt

Todd M. Brenneman is Visiting Instructor of Religious Studies at the University of Central Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* 1. God's in the Business of Giving Mulligans: Sentimentality and
Therapeutic Culture
* 2. You Are Special: The Anti-Intellectualism of Sentimental
Evangelicalism
* 3. ''New York Times Best-Selling Author'': Christian Media and the
Marketing of Sentiment
* 4. America Looks Up: Sentimentality, Politics, and American
Evangelicalism
* Conclusion
* Notes
* Index