America’s Favorite Holidays explores how five of America’s culturally dominant holidaysChristmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgivingcame to be what they are today, combinations of se
Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celeb
Written for everyone who loves and is simultaneously driven crazy by the holiday season, Christmas: A Candid History provides an enlightening, entertaining perspective on how the annual Yuletide celeb
America’s Favorite Holidays explores how five of America’s culturally dominant holidaysChristmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgivingcame to be what they are today, combinations of se
The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been
The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been
An examination of the Left Behind series of apocalyptic Christian fiction evaluates the significance of biblical references within the books, considers what their popularity reveals about religion and
The connection between American popular culture and religion is the subject of this multifaceted and innovative collection. In fourteen lively essays whose topics range from the divine feminine in The
Piracy, or “robbery on the high seas,” has existed for as long as people and commodities have traversed the oceans. The ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese all complained of it, and all created naval
