The faithful citizen
Subtitle: popular Christian media and gendered civic identities
By: Kristy Maddux.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waco, TX
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781602582538
Subjects: Mass media in religion; Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christians -- Political participation; Citizenship; Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Christian media, gender, and civic participation; title: Genteel masculinity, the prophetic posture, and legislative politics: amazing grace; title: Violence, divine sanction, and submissive femininity: the passion of the Christ; title: Brutish masculinity and the war against evil: left behind; title: Femininity and secular salvation in social welfare: 7th heaven; title: Biology, heterosexuality, and the privatization of faithfulness: the da Vinci code; title: The limits and possibilities of faith-based civic participation.