What Would Jesus Read?: Popular Religious Books and Everyday Life in Twentieth-Century America Tapa blanda - 2015

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2015 softcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Covers are lightly rubbed. Text is clean and unmarked. A comprehensive review of religious literature. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

University of North Carolina Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Paperback / softback. New. Since the late nineteenth century, religiously themed books in America have been commercially popular yet scorned by critics. Working at the intersection of literary history, lived religion, and consumer culture, Erin A. Smith considers the largely unexplored world of popular religious books, examining the apparent tension between economic and religious imperatives for authors, publishers, and readers. Smith argues that this literature served as a form of extra-ecclesiastical ministry and credits the popularity and longevity of religious books to their day-to-day usefulness rather than their theological correctness or aesthetic quality. Drawing on publishers' records, letters by readers to authors, promotional materials, and interviews with contemporary religious-reading groups, Smith offers a comprehensive study that finds surprising overlap across the religious spectrum--Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish, liberal and conservative. Smith tells the story of how authors,… Leer más

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. 464 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. 464 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.