Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession - Hardcover

Fox, Richard Wightman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060628731 ISBN 13: 9780060628734

Publisher: Harper San Francisco, 2004

Synopsis

Tracing the seminal role that the figure of Jesus has played in America's cultural and intellectual history, discussing six important ways in which Jesus has been portrayed and understood in American culture--moral teacher, social reformer, cultural critic, healer, miracle worker, and redeemer. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Utilizing a unique angle of vision, Richard Fox has presented a highly personal, highly competent portrait of American religion."--Edwin S. Gaustad, co-author of A Religious History of America

"An elegant and powerful history by one of the great scholars of American culture, deeply researched and deeply felt."--Robert Orsi, Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America, Harvard University

"An exciting book... a fresh history that will likely be influential for years to come. Highly recommended."--Library Journal

"Entertaining, well-researched, and compelling ... Run out and buy this book."--Commonweal

"Fox delivers a grand history of the multiple incarnations of Jesus in American culture."--Leigh E. Schmidt, Professor of Religion, Princeton University

An elegant and powerful history by one of the great scholars of American culture, deeply researched and deeply felt. --Robert Orsi, Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America, Harvard University"

Utilizing a unique angle of vision, Richard Fox has presented a highly personal, highly competent portrait of American religion. --Edwin S. Gaustad, co-author of A Religious History of America"

Fox delivers a grand history of the multiple incarnations of Jesus in American culture. --Leigh E. Schmidt, Professor of Religion, Princeton University"

An exciting book... a fresh history that will likely be influential for years to come. Highly recommended. --Library Journal"

An extrordinary blend of historical sophistication, theological discrimination and spiritualunderstanding...rich and fluent in the complexities of religious life. --New Republic"

About the Author:

Richard Wightman Fox, Ph.D., has taught American intellectual and cultural history, with an emphasis on religion, at Yale, Reed, and Boston University. He recently returned home to Los Angeles to a prestigious teaching position in the history department of the University of Southern California. He is the author of Trials of Intimacy and Reinhold Niebuhr: A Biography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper San Francisco
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060628731
• ISBN 13: 9780060628734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352