Stations of the Cross ：Adorno and Christian Right Radio

Publication subTitle ：Adorno and Christian Right Radio

Author： Paul Apostolidis  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2000

E-ISBN: 9780822381006

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822325413

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822325048

Subject： D8 Diplomacy, International Relations

Keyword： Focus on the Family (Radio program) -- History., Radio in religion -- United States -- Case studies., Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Case studies., Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century., United States -- Church history -- 20th century.

Language： ENG

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Since the 1970s, American society has provided especially fertile ground for the growth of the Christian right and its influence on both political and cultural discourse. In Stations of the Cross political theorist Paul Apostolidis shows how a critical component of this movement’s popular culture—evangelical conservative radio—interacts with the current U.S. political economy. By examining in particular James Dobson’s enormously influential program, Focus on the Family—its messages, politics, and effects—Apostolidis reveals the complex nature of contemporary conservative religious culture.
Public ideology and institutional tendencies clash, the author argues, in the restructuring of the welfare state, the financing of the electoral system, and the backlash against women and minorities. These frictions are nowhere more apparent than on Christian right radio. Reinvigorating the intellectual tradition of the Frankfurt School, Apostolidis shows how ideas derived from early critical theory—in particular that of Theodor W. Adorno—can illuminate the political and social dynamics of this aspect of contemporary American culture. He uses and reworks Adorno’s theories to interpret the nationally broadcast Focus on the Family, revealing how the cultural discourse of the Christian right resonates with recent structural transformations in the American political economy. Apostolidis shows that the antidot

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Contents

Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction

1 Adorno on Mass Culture and Cultural Criticism

1 Adorno on Mass Culture and Cultural Criticism

1 Adorno on Mass Culture and Cultural Criticism

2 Adorno’s Critique of Christian Right Radio in the New Deal Era

2 Adorno’s Critique of Christian Right Radio in the New Deal Era

2 Adorno’s Critique of Christian Right Radio in the New Deal Era

3 Christian Professionals and the Fraying Fabric of Health and Human Services

3 Christian Professionals and the Fraying Fabric of Health and Human Services

3 Christian Professionals and the Fraying Fabric of Health and Human Services

4 Christian Politicians and the Decline of Democratic Accountability

4 Christian Politicians and the Decline of Democratic Accountability

4 Christian Politicians and the Decline of Democratic Accountability

5 Christian Victims in the Backlash Society

5 Christian Victims in the Backlash Society

5 Christian Victims in the Backlash Society

6 Negative Dialectics and Political Practice

6 Negative Dialectics and Political Practice

6 Negative Dialectics and Political Practice

Appendix A Complete Listing of Focus on the Family Broadcasts Selected for Research

Appendix A Complete Listing of Focus on the Family Broadcasts Selected for Research

Appendix A Complete Listing of Focus on the Family Broadcasts Selected for Research

Appendix B Itinerary for Research Visit to Colorado Springs, 21–25 February 1996

Appendix B Itinerary for Research Visit to Colorado Springs, 21–25 February 1996

Appendix B Itinerary for Research Visit to Colorado Springs, 21–25 February 1996

Notes

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Index

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