Burlein Lift High the Cross

Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8340-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten

Explores the links between white supremacist organizations and groups representing the religious right, specifically in Colorado, home of the most well known of these organziations, Christian Identity and Focus in the Family.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burlein, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface
The Violence of Culture: Countermemory and Niche Marketed Masculinity
1. Countermemory, Children, and Ignorance-Power
2. Converging Case Studies: Body Politics as Brand Recognition
Christian Identity, Scriptures for America, and Pete Peters
3. Mainstream Roots
4. Biblical Memories and the Erotics of Domination: “Not Politically Correct but Biblically Correct”
5. Nichemarketing the Apocalypse: Violence as Hard-Sell
The Christian Right, Focus on the Family, and James Dobson
6. The Power of Soft-Sell Style: Building a Multimillion-Dollar Ministry by Subverting Feminism
7. Remembering the Sixties as Pop Cultural Conspiracy: “Everyone’s Best Interest Group”
8. Nichemarketing the Family Homestead: Rearticulating Mainstream Silences in the Romance of Privatism
Conclusion
9. The Bowl, the Crossing Point, and the Moment After
Notes
Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Burlein is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.