Jesus made in America
Subtitle: cultural history from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ
By: Stephen J. Nichols.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press; IVP Academic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780830828494
Subjects: Christianity and culture -- United States -- History; United States -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Puritan Christ : image and word in early New England; title: Jesus for a new republic : the politics and piety of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington and Paine; title: Gentle Jesus, meek and mild : nineteenth-century makeovers from the frontier to Victorian culture; title: Jesus, hero for the modern world : Harry Emerson Fosdick, J. Gresham Machen and the real meaning of Christmas; title: Jesus on vinyl : from the Jesus people to CCM; title: Jesus on the big screen : the passion for Hollywood; title: Jesus on a bracelet : Christ, commodification and consumer culture; title: Jesus on the right wing : Christ and politics in America; title: Epilogue: Jesus and the gospel in the twenty-first century.