Kristy Maddux is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. Her work has been published by many journals, including Rhetoric & Public Affairs , Critical Studies in Media Communication , Philosophy & Rhetoric , Feminist Media Studies , and Women's Studies in Communication . She lives in the greater Washington, D.C., area.
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Preface 1. Christian Media, Gender, and Civic Participation 2. Genteel Masculinity, the Prophetic Posture, and Legislative Politics Amazing Grace 3. Violence, Divine Sanction, and Submissive Femininity The Passion of the Christ 4. Brutish Masculinity and the War against Evil Left Behind 5. Femininity and Secular Salvation in Social Welfare 7th Heaven 6. Biology, Heterosexuality, and the Privatization of Faithfulness The Da Vinci Code 7. The Limits and Possibilities of Faith-Based Civic Participation References Notes Index
[Maddux] presents an interesting reading of contemporary culture and offers a methodology for a more careful consideration of the interaction between media and religion. -- Paul A. Soukup, Santa Clara University -- Communication Research Trends Maddux is a clear writer doing bread-and-butter analysis of important works that obviously have had an influence on public life. -- Brian Jackson, Brigham Young University -- Rhetoric Review The historical, political, social, and theoretical contexts [Maddux] intertwines throughout each chapter connect material and discursive realities in ways that either capture important debates or speak back to them in important ways. And Maddux cogently depicts how ideas about Christian civic participation, gender, and popular media are woven together to create a story about what kinds of bodies and behaviours make someone a true 'citizen.' -- Amanda Rossie, The Ohio State University -- Journal of Religion and Popular Culture