Selling God: American Religion in the Marketplace of Culture

by R. Laurence Moore

Book Overview

Religion in America is up for sale. The products range from a plethora of merchandise in questionable taste--such as Bible-based diet books (More of Jesus. Less of Me), Rapture T-shirts (one features a basketball game with half its players disappearing in the Rapture--the caption is "Fast Break"), and bumper stickers and Frisbees with inspirational messages--to the unabashed consumerism of Jim Bakker's Heritage USA, a grandiose Christian theme park...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195098382
• ISBN13: 9780195098389
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"