Evangelicals and the arts in fiction : portrayals of tension in non-evangelical works since 1895 / John Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, John A., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Evangelicalism in literature.

Christianity in literature.

Physical Description:

vii, 215 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013].

Summary:

"This book is an exploration of how the relationship of evangelicals to the arts has been portrayed in fiction for the last century. The author argues that evangelicals are consistently seen as enemies of the arts by non-evangelical writers"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: Becoming an iconoclast

Introduction: Evangelicalism and artistry in conflict

Current crisis of the evangelical art world

Romantic realism: the damnation of evangelicalism

Lonely-hearted fascists: the evangelical community in disarray

The fifties: creativity and creationists

The age of fantasy

Feminisms, fanaticism and evangelicalism

More problems, added possibilities

You picks your worldview, you takes your chances.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.

ISBN:

9780786472062

0786472065

OCLC:

820531140