American standard : the Bible in U.S. popular culture / Robert Paul Seesengood, Drew Theological School, Drew University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seesengood, Robert Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Influence.

Bible.

United States--Civilization.

United States.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Religion and culture--United States.

Religion and culture.

Physical Description:

xi, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2024.

Summary:

"During the pandemic of 2020, cloistered inside my "bubble" of immediate family, with my books, the internet and this (proto)manuscript as company, I was struck a metaphor for the Bible's prevalence in U.S. culture: its influence is actually, not metaphorically, epidemic. Thinking so much of contagion and transmission, I simply can't imagine a person living in the U.S. for a year without, at some point, physically encountering a Bible or spending 15 minutes in proximity of someone who owned a Bible. The Bible, like a cultural pandemic, ripples through nearly every aspect of U.S. history, media, and society. Bibles can be found everywhere, even in a winterized, backwoods cabin in Centre County, PA, in dozens of translations and editions. Bibles and Bible commentary floods the internet. Even during a pandemic, copies of the Bible are given away on street corners by earnest missionaries on (even largely empty) college campuses and (surreally quiet) city streets. The Bible permeates not only America's mass culture, but even its physical space. It's physical presence, like a virus, both produces and testifies to the influence of its effectiveness"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Seesengood, Robert Paul. American standard.

ISBN:

9781118361566

1118361563

OCLC:

1428263971

Publisher Number:

CIPO000060839