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  • Title What Would Jesus Read?: Popular Religious Books and Everyday Life in Twentieth-Century America
  • Author Erin a. Smith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 410
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
  • Date 2015-04-13
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781469621326 / 1469621320
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.27 x 1.17 in (23.67 x 15.93 x 2.97 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Church history - 20th century, Literature and society - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014040580
  • Dewey Decimal Code 261.58

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Citations

  • Choice, 10/01/2015, Page 0
  • Christian Century, 07/22/2015, Page 43

About the author

Erin A. Smith is associate professor of American studies and literature at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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