GRIN Masculinity and the Christian Right in American Culture

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ever since the United States of America has declared its independence, religion has played a pivotal role in shaping the culture and society of this country. There might, arguably, be no other (Western) country in which people's societal stance has been influenced as strongly by religion as in the U.S. The Judeo-Christian belief has entirely met American culture, and American culture has met the Judeo-Christian belief. However, culture is, as we know, not static, but is always in a state of flux, it is always in a state of transition and thus transformation. As to this trans-categorical concept, Alan Wolfe notes the following: Always in a state of transition, faith in the United States, especially in the last half century [...], has been further transformed with dazzling speed 1. [...] 1 Wolfe, Alan 14, p. 2