TY - BOOK AU - Nichols,Stephen J. TI - Jesus made in America: a cultural history from the Puritans to The passion of the Christ SN - 9780830828494 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BR 517 .N53 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Christianity and culture KW - United States KW - History KW - Church history KW - USA KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-231) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip089/2008002177.html ER -