Jesus Made in America

by Nichols, Stephen J.

• ISBN13: 9780830828494
• ISBN10: 0830828494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Stephen Nichols traces the changing face of Jesus throughout the successive cultural eras in American history. Beginning with the Puritans and ending with the Religious Right, he demonstrates the influence of popular culture upon American Christian views of Jesus at every stage along the way.

Author Biography

Stephen J. Nichols is Research Professor of Christianity and Culture at Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
The Puritan Christ: Image and Word in Early New England	p. 19
Jesus for a New Republic: The Politics and Piety of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington and Paine	p. 46
Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild: Nineteenth-Century Makeovers from the Frontier to Victorian Culture	p. 74
Jesus, Hero for the Modern World: Harry Emerson Fosdick, J. Gresham Machen and the Real Meaning of Christmas	p. 98
Jesus on Vinyl: From the Jesus People to Contemporary Christian Music	p. 122
Jesus on the Big Screen: The Passion for Hollywood	p. 146
Jesus on a Bracelet: Christ, Commodification and Consumer Culture	p. 173
Jesus on the Right Wing: Christ and Politics in America	p. 198
Epilogue: Jesus and the Gospel in the Twenty-First Century	p. 222
Reading List	p. 228
Index	p. 233
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