American standard: the Bible in U.S. popular culture
"During the pandemic of 2020, cloistered inside my "bubble" of immediate family, with my books, the internet and this (proto)manuscript as company, I was struck a metaphor for the Bible's prevalence in U.S. culture: its influence is actually, not metaphorically, epidemic. Thinkin...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Hoboken, NJ
Wiley Blackwell
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ USA
/ Pop culture
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CA Christianity KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
Influence
B Popular Culture (United States) B United States Civilization B Religion and culture (United States) |
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| Summary: | "During the pandemic of 2020, cloistered inside my "bubble" of immediate family, with my books, the internet and this (proto)manuscript as company, I was struck a metaphor for the Bible's prevalence in U.S. culture: its influence is actually, not metaphorically, epidemic. Thinking so much of contagion and transmission, I simply can't imagine a person living in the U.S. for a year without, at some point, physically encountering a Bible or spending 15 minutes in proximity of someone who owned a Bible. The Bible, like a cultural pandemic, ripples through nearly every aspect of U.S. history, media, and society. Bibles can be found everywhere, even in a winterized, backwoods cabin in Centre County, PA, in dozens of translations and editions. Bibles and Bible commentary floods the internet. Even during a pandemic, copies of the Bible are given away on street corners by earnest missionaries on (even largely empty) college campuses and (surreally quiet) city streets. The Bible permeates not only America's mass culture, but even its physical space. It's physical presence, like a virus, both produces and testifies to the influence of its effectiveness"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 222 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1118361563 |