America's Most Famous Catholic
Subtitle: Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the Twenty-First Century
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780823285303
Description: "This book investigates the religious identity and authority of Stephen Colbert and his character Stephen Colbert. By exploring Colbert's position as a lay catechist and televised comedian, this book examines how Catholicism shapes Colbert's experiences, and how Colbert and his persona nuance American Catholicism and the polarized American religious landscape"--