The Faithful Citizen: Popular Christian Media and Gendered Civic Identities

by Kristy Maddux

For decades, American popular media have instructed audiences about their roles and significance in the public sphere. In The Faithful Citizen, rhetorical critic Kristy Maddux argues that popular Christian media not only communicate avenues for civic engagement but do so in profoundly gendered terms. Her detailed interrogation of popular Christian movies, books, and television shows--the Left Behind series, Mel Gibson's The Passion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160258253X
• ISBN13: 9781602582538
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"