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Watch This!

The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism

By: Jonathan L. Walton

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The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism

By: Jonathan L. Walton

Through their constant television broadcasts, mass video distributions, and printed publications, African American religious broadcasters have a seemingly ubiquitous presence in popular culture. They are on par with popular entertainers and athletes in the African American community as cultural icons even as they are criticized by others for taking advantage of the devout in order to subsidize their lavish lifestyles. Watch This! seeks to move beyond such polarizing debates by critically delving into the dominant messages and aesthetic styles of African American televangelists and evaluating their ethical implications. --from publisher description.

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300

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NYU Press

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0814794521

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9780814794524

G.I. Messiahs

Soldiering, War, and American Civil Religion

By: Jonathan H. Ebel

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Soldiering, War, and American Civil Religion

By: Jonathan H. Ebel

Jonathan Ebel has long been interested in how religion helps individuals and communities render meaningful the traumatic experiences of violence and war. In this new work, he examines cases from the Great War to the present day and argues that our notions of what it means to be an American soldier are not just strongly religious, but strongly Christian. Drawing on a vast array of sources, he further reveals the effects of soldier veneration on the men and women so often cast as heroes. Imagined as the embodiments of American ideals, described as redeemers of the nation, adored as the ones willing to suffer and die that we, the nation, may live—soldiers have often lived in subtle but significant tension with civil religious expectations of them. With chapters on prominent soldiers past and present, Ebel recovers and re-narrates the stories of the common American men and women that live and die at both the center and edges of public consciousness.

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254

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Yale University Press

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0300216351

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9780300216356

Television Studies

By: Jonathan Gray,Amanda D. Lotz

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Television Studies

By: Jonathan Gray,Amanda D. Lotz

Major short introduction to the field of television studies. Clearly lays out the birth of this discipline, shows its links with other fields of study and explains key concepts and theoretical debates. Includes interview material with scholars whose work has defined the field.

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185

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Polity

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0745650988

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9780745650982

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