Surge of Piety - Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life

Informationen zum Autor A professor of English at Northwestern University, Christopher Lane has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Mellon Foundations. His writing has appeared in numerous national publications, including the New York Times . His books include Shyness and The Age of Doubt. Klappentext The dramatic, untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in the United States during the 1950s Zusammenfassung The dramatic, untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in the United States during the 1950s

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Lane
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780300203738
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20373-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, C 1945 To C 1960