The Word and its witness : the spiritualization of American realism /
Jackson, Gregory S.
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2009.
Spiritual realism and the work of homiletic narrative -- Hell's plot: the hermeneutic of fear -- Personalizing progress: spiritual masterplots and templates of redemption -- "What would Jesus do?" Practical Christianity, social Gospel realism, and the homiletic novel -- Cultivating spiritual sight: Jacob Riis' virtual-tour narrative and the visual modernization for Protestant homiletics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-390) and index.
American literature
Realism in literature.
Religious literature
Religion and culture
Popular culture
Social gospel in literature.
Religion in literature.