The Lure of Images : A History of Religion and Visual Media in America (Hardcover)

Part1: Print Media in Antebellum America1. The Aura of Print 2. Religion, Imagery, and Cultural Conflict Part 2: New Visual Media and the Marketplace 3. Consumption and Religious Images 4. Parlors and Kitchens: Visual Practice and American Homes 5. Pictorial Entertainment and Instruction6. Seeing in Public: America as Imagined Community Part 3: The Power and Menace of Images 7. Facing the Sacred: Image and Charisma 8. Back to Nature