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  1. Displacing the divine
    the minister in the mirror of American fiction
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0231151063
    RVK Categories: HR 1705
    Series: Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
    Subjects: Geschichte; American fiction; Clergy in literature; Christianity and literature; Geistlicher <Motiv>; Literatur
    Scope: xvi, 379 p
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index

    Introduction: Fiction as a mirror of culture -- Exposing the divine : 1790s-1850s -- Faltering fathers and devious divines : popular images. Misfits in America ; Harsh Puritans and fanatical Calvinists ; Scoundrels in collars -- Clerics in contention : church images. Liberal challengers ; Faithful Calvinists ; Precarious pastors -- Vulnerable divines : radical images. Victims of their believing ; Perpetrators of oppression ; Exposing the divine -- Discrediting the divine : 1860s-1920s -- Compulsives and accommodators : popular images (1). Compelled believers ; Compulsive believers ; Accommodating believers ; Prudent believers -- Con men in collars and heroes of the cloth : popular images (2). Phony preachers ; Muscular ministers ; Gallant parsons -- Activist preachers and their detractors : popular images (3). Social ministers ; Entrenched reactionaries ; Social activists ; Utopian idealists -- Champions of the faith : church images. Muscular believers ; Social evangelicals -- Foundering divines : radical images. Inept contenders ; Anachronisms -- Flawed divines : radical images. Weak and impotent men ; Pretenders, deceivers, and commercial preachers -- The legacy : 1930s-2000s -- Fallen divines : some contemporary images. Deprived preachers : a radical image ; Comic Calvinists : a popular and church image ; Human divines : a popular image -- Conclusion: The legacy of the displaced divine. The displacing : a summary ; The legacy

  2. Displacing the divine
    the minister in the mirror of American fiction
    Published: c2010
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    As religious leaders, ministers are often assumed to embody the faith of the institution they represent. As cultural symbols, they reflect subtle changes in society and belief-specifically people's perception of God and the evolving role of the... more

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    As religious leaders, ministers are often assumed to embody the faith of the institution they represent. As cultural symbols, they reflect subtle changes in society and belief-specifically people's perception of God and the evolving role of the church. For more than forty years, Douglas Alan Walrath has tracked changing patterns of belief and church participation in American society, and his research has revealed a particularly fascinating trend: portrayals of ministers in American fiction mirror changing perceptions of the Protestant church and a Protestant God.From the novels of Harriet Beec

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0231151063; 9780231151061
    Series: Religion and American culture
    Subjects: American fiction; Clergy in literature; Christianity and literature; Christianity and literature - United States - History; Christianity and literature - United States - History; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xvi, 379 p), 24 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-370) and index

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    Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1; 1; 2; 3; Part 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; Part 3; 10; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index