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Poole, W. Scott, 1971-

Satan in America : the Devil we know / W. Scott Poole. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - xxvi, 243 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: "Night stalker" : American exceptionalism and the reality of evil -- "The Devil is come down in great wrath" : the American Satan in the colonial and Revolutionary worlds -- Darkness invisible : the Devil and American revivalism -- The devils of Daniel Webster : satanic cultural politics through World War I -- Casting out devils : American theology and popular religion meets the Devil -- Hellhound on my trail : Satan and twentieth-century American culture -- Lucifer rising : satanic panics and culture wars -- The beast : Satan and the theology of American empire -- Epilogue: Shame the Devil : the problem of evil and American cultural history -- Hunting the Devil : a bibliographic essay.

ISBN: 9780742561717 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742561712 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742561724 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009020062

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Devil--Social aspects--History.--United States
Devil--Political aspects--History.--United States
Devil--Christianity.
Good and evil--Social aspects--History.--United States
Good and evil--Political aspects--History.--United States
National characteristics, American.
Political culture--History.--United States
Violence--History.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Civilization.

LC Class. No.: BT982 / .P66 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6/35470973