Satan in America : the Devil we know

Satan in America : the Devil we know / W. Scott Poole.

Author/creator	Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.
Description	xxvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	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. National characteristics, American. Political culture--United States --History. Violence--United States --History. United States--Religious life and customs. United States--Civilization.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	0742561720 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780742561724 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BT982 .P66 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold