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The last supper : art, faith, sex, and controversy in the 1980s / Paul Elie.

Van Pelt Library HM626 .E437 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Elie, Paul, 1965- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Popular culture--History--20th century.
Popular culture.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Culture conflict--Religious aspects.
Culture conflict.
Popular music--Religious aspects.
Popular music.
Art and popular culture.
Arts and religion.
Sex in popular culture.
Postsecularism.
Nineteen eighties.
Genre:
Popular music.
Physical Description:
486 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Summary:
"The origins of our postsecular present, revealed in an account of the moment when popular culture became the site of religious conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue
Chapter 1: Presence is everywhere
Chapter 2: Out of the ordinary
Chapter 3: Devotion vs. desire
Chapter 4: What are roots?
Chapter 5: Old souls
Chapter 6: The city is burning
Chapter 7: Be a somebody with a body
Chapter 8: "Bad"
Chapter 9: War
Chapter 10: Down in the hole
Chapter 11: Unspeakable
Chapter 12: Dream of life
Chapter 13: Seen and unseen
Epilogue: Hard lines.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780374272920
0374272921
OCLC:
1452442854
Publisher Number:
CIPO000223586

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