{"title":"Sally M. Promey","description":"\u003cp\u003eSally M. Promey’s works explore the complex intersections of religion, culture, and society with scholarly insight and clarity. Her books invite readers to consider how religious beliefs and practices shape human experience in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect thoughtful analysis that uncovers the visible and hidden ways religion informs identity and community, engaging with themes that resonate across traditions and time. Her writing suits those curious about spirituality’s role in contemporary and historical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"religion-in-plain-view-by-professor-sally-m-promey-9780226832333","title":"Religion in Plain View","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA revelatory critique of public display in the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReligion in Plain View\u003c\/em\u003e, Sally M. Promey analyses religion's visible saturation of American public space and the histories that shaped this exhibitionary aesthetics. In street art, vehicle décor, signs, monuments, architecture, zoning policy, and more, Promey exposes American display's merger of evangelicalism, capitalism, and imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this convergence, display materialises a distinctly American drive to advertise, claim territory, invalidate competitors, and fabricate a tractable national heritage. Charting this aesthetics' strategic work as a Protestant technology of White nation formation, \u003cem\u003eReligion in Plain View\u003c\/em\u003e offers a dynamic critique of the ways public display perpetuates deeply ingrained assumptions about the proper shape of life and land in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432118763756,"sku":"9780226832333","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226832333.jpg?v=1774556823"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sally-m-promey.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}