This is the history of the relationship between mass produced
visual media and religion in the United States. It is a journey
from the 1780s to the present - from early evangelical tracts to
teenage witches and televangelists, and from illustrated books to
contemporary cinema.
David Morgan explores the cultural marketplace of public
representation, showing how American religionists have made special
use of visual media to instruct the public, to practice devotion
and ritual, and to form children and converts. Examples
include:
- studying Jesus as an American idol
- Jewish kitchens and Christian Parlors
- Billy Sunday and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Uncle Tom's Cabin and the anti-slavery movement.
This unique perspective reveals the importance of visual media
to the construction and practice of sectarian and national
community in a nation of immigrants old and new, and the tensions
between the assimilation and the preservation of ethnic and racial
identities. As well as the contribution of visual media to the
religious life of Christians and Jews, Morgan shows how images have
informed the perceptions and practices of other religions in
America, including New Age, Buddhist and Hindu spirituality, and
Mormonism, Native American Religions and the Occult.
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