Sensational Devotion: Evangelical Performance in Twenty-First-Century America

Contents

Contents Introduction: Evangelical Performative Culture 1 1. Embodied Belief, Affective Piety, and Evangelical Dramaturgy 24 2. Energetic Enactments of Jesus 50 3. “Behold the Lamb”: Passion Playing, Intermediality, and the Gibson Affect 70 4. The “Great Passion Play” and Evangelical Blends 98 5. The Creation Museum as Engaged Orthodoxy 128 6. Megachurches: Cultivating Affective Atmosphere 162 Coda 228 Notes 239 Bibliography 291 Index 307 ...