Postwar Prosperity
Postwar Prosperity
Embrace and Resistance
Chapter 5 considers the “consensus culture” of the postwar era and also the marginal and dissenting voices of the period. Following James Hudnut-Beumler’s analysis of postwar religion, the chapter looks at elite, ecclesiastical, and popular uses of Francis. It finds the popular Francis--a gentle nature lover--in the general-interest press, in children's literature and activities, and in garden statuary, and it explores several examples, notably the children's book Rabbit Hill. Hymns, prayers, and church ornament focus the discussion of ecclesiastical religion. The chapter then considers the works of elite critics, especially scholars and novelists. Next, the chapter turns to dissenters, including social activists and minority religions, notably Vedanta Hinduism. It concludes with a discussion of Bernard Malamud's novel The Assistant, which symbolically links Francis with Judaism.
Keywords: consensus culture, popular religion, children, children’s literature, church ornament, Vedanta, Hindu, Malamud, Judaism, dissent
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