If God meant to interfere
Subtitle: American literature and the rise of the Christian right
By: Christopher Douglas
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781501702112
Subjects: Religious right; Christianity in literature; History and criticism; Fundamentalism in literature; Christianity and literature; Evangelicalism in literature; Christian conservatism; American fiction; History
Description: "Proposes to solve the question of how contemporary American literature has registered--or has failed to register--what is one of the most important cultural paradigm shifts of the postwar period, the astonishing expansion and empowerment of fundamentalist and conservative evangelical and Christianity in the United States"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Multiculturalism, secularization, resurgence; title: The poisonwood Bible's multicultural graft; title: Christian multiculturalism in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead; title: Recapitulation and religious indifference in The plot against America; title: Thomas Pynchon's prophecy; title: Science and religion in Carl Sagan's Contact; title: Evolution and theodicy in Blood meridian; title: The postmodern gospel according to Dan.