Religion in Plain View

Sally M. Promey is professor of American studies and religious studies as well as the Caroline Washburn Professor of Religion and Visual Culture at Yale University, where she directs the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. She is the author or editor of several books, most recently Sensational Religion: Sensory Cultures in Material Practice.

• Note on Image SelectionNote on Hawaiian-Language UsageList of FiguresPrologue: America by DesignIntroduction: The Public Display of American ReligionChapter 1: Conversational AssembliesChapter 2: Commercial RelationsChapter 3: Testimonial AestheticsChapter 4: Heritage FabricationsChapter 5: Material EstablishmentConclusion: The Limits of DisplayAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

"An ambitious exploration of the public nature of religion in America. Locating an overlap between Christianity and capitalism . . . Promey’s study of the ways in which power is mediated via material culture fascinates."