Nichols, Stephen J.,  1970- <br/><br/>
Jesus made in America :  a cultural history from the Puritans to The passion of the Christ / 
Stephen J. Nichols. 
 - Downers Grove, Ill. :  IVP Academic,  c2008. 
 - 237 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>The Puritan Christ : image and word in early New England -- Jesus for a new republic : the politics and piety of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington and Paine -- Gentle Jesus, meek and mild : nineteenth-century makeovers from the frontier to Victorian culture -- Jesus, hero for the modern world : Harry Emerson Fosdick, J. Gresham Machen and the real meaning of Christmas -- Jesus on vinyl : from the Jesus people to contemporary Christian music -- Jesus on the big screen : the passion for Hollywood -- Jesus on a bracelet : Christ, commodification and consumer culture -- Jesus on the right wing : Christ and politics in America -- Epilogue: Jesus and the Gospel in the twenty-first century. 
<br/><br/> Explores the evolution of Christianity in American culture from the seventeenth through the early twenty-first centuries, examining how American notions of Jesus were shaped by cultural sensibilities during different periods in history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780830828494 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0830828494 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008002177 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity and culture--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Church history.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 517  / .N53 2008