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Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to "The Passion of the Christ", By Stephen J. Nichols

Jesus Made in America

A Cultural History from the Puritans to "The Passion of the Christ"

by Stephen J. Nichols

Jesus Made in America
Paperback
$33.99
  • Length: 237 pages
  • Dimensions: 6 × 9 in
  • Published: April 04, 2008
  • Imprint: IVP Academic
  • ISBN: 9780830828494

Jesus is as American as baseball and apple pie. But how this came to be is a complex story--one that Stephen Nichols tells with care and ease. Beginning with the Puritans, he leads readers through the various cultural epochs of American history, showing at each stage how American notions of Jesus were shaped by the cultural sensibilities of the times, often with unfortunate results.Always fascinating and often humorous, Jesus Made in America offers a frank assessment of the story ofChristianity in America, including the present. For those interested in the cultural implications of that story, this book is a must-read.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Puritan Christ: Image and Word in Early New England
2. Jesus for a New Republic: The Politics and Piety of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington and Paine
3. Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild: Nineteenth-Century Makeovers from the Frontier to Victorian Culture
4. Jesus, Hero for the Modern World: Harry Emerson Fosdick, J. Gresham Machen and the Real Meaning of Christmas
5. Jesus on Vinyl: From the Jesus People to Contemporary Christian Music
6. Jesus on the Big Screen: The Passion for Hollywood
7. Jesus on a Bracelet: Christ, Commodification and Consumer Culture
8. Jesus on the Right Wing: Christ and Politics in America
Epilogue: Jesus and the Gospel in the Twenty-First Century
Reading List
Index

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ABOUT Stephen J. Nichols

Stephen J. Nichols

Stephen J. Nichols (Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary) is Research Professor of Christianity and Culture at Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is the coeditor of The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards: American Religion and the Evangelical Tradition and the author of many books, including The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World and For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church. He chairs the American Christianity section of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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