{"product_id":"witnessing-suburbia-9780520255968","title":"Witnessing Suburbia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a cultural analysis of the conservative shift in national politics that transformed the United States during the Reagan-Bush era. This work focuses on two fundamental aspects of this shift: the suburbanization of evangelicalism and the rise of Christian popular culture, especially popular music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A diligent and informative ... exploration of the ways mainstream evangelicals' attitudes toward popular culture have evolved in the past forty years.\" -- Maud Newton Bookforum \"Luhr's work fills a significant gap within histories of conservative Christianity and popular culture.\" Practical Matters \"Describes a moment and a movement that has had tremendous influence in American life.\" Believer \"Thoroughly researched and well written, this book should interest scholars of 20th-century Christianity and popular culture... Highly recommended.\" Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Introduction  1. Home Improvement: Christian Cultural Criticism and the Defense of \"Traditional\" Authority 2. Rebel with a Cross: The Creation of a Christian Youth Culture 3. Metal Missionaries to the Nation: Christian Heavy Metal Music, 1984-1994 4. \"An MTV Approach to Evangelism\": The Cultural Politics of Suburban Revivalism  Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402834583895,"sku":"9780520255968","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520255968.jpg?v=1730481640","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/witnessing-suburbia-9780520255968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}