25 THE CHURCH AND THE SALOON: CATHOLIC VERSUS PROTESTANT WESTERNS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION. “CODE OF THE WEST” POLITICS, RELIGION, AND POPULAR CULTURE 1
5. PART ONE. COWBOY POLITICS: ROOSEVELT THROUGH REAGAN
6. 1 TO DIE IN THE WEST: THE O.K. CORRAL, HISTORY VERSUS FILM 17
7. 2 SHERIFF OF COCHISE: THIRTY SECONDS TO ETERNITY 25
8. 3 RED, WHITE, AND BLUE STATES. POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA 35
9. 4 “ FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS” GUN CONTROL IN THE WEST AND WESTERNS 45
10. 5 WAY OF THE GUN: VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE 55
11. 6 IT’S A MAN’S WORLD? GENDER POLITICS ON HOLLYWOOD’S FRONTIER 65
12. 7 GO WEST, YOUNG (BUSINESS)MAN: AMERICAN DREAMERS, POLITICAL SCHEMERS 75
13. 8 REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH: GENE AUTRY, FRANK CAPRA, AND THE NEW DEAL WESTERN 85
14. 9 DON’T FENCE ME IN: RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM AND OPEN RANGE 95
15. 10 SILENT SPRINGS, VANISHING PRAIRIES: ENVIRONMENTALISM AND THE WESTERN 107
16. 11 RED STATES, RED MENACE: OF COWBOYS AND COMMUNISM 117
17. 12 ONCE UPON A TIME IN A REVOLUTION: RADICAL POLITICS AND THE WESTERN FILM 127
18. 13 VIVA JUÁREZ! VIVA VILLA! VIVA ZAPATA! THE BIOGRAPHICAL WESTERN AS POLITICAL ALLEGORY 139
19. 14 ALL THE RIGHT STUFF: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOHN WAYNE 149
20. 15 FLAG-WAVING ON THE WILD FRONTIER: STARS AND STRIPES AS POLITICAL IDEOLOGY 159
21. PART TWO. GOD’S COUNTRY: RELIGION IN THE WESTERN FILM
22. 16 ODES TO AMERICAN IMPERIALISM: MANIFEST DESTINY IN WESTERN MOVIES 173
23. 17 THE TOWN AND THE CITY: SPACE AS THEME, PLACE AS CHARACTER 183
24. 18 GLORY IN THE (WILD)FLOWER: ROMANTICISM ON THE OPEN RANGE 193
25. 19 HEARTS OF DARKNESS, SOULS OF LIGHT: VISIONS OF NATURE IN AMERICAN FILM AND FICTION 203
26. 20 A CHAPEL IN THE CANYON: RELIGIOSITY, AMERICAN-STYLE 213
27. 21 MULTICULTURALISM, MORMONISM, AND MOVIES: HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORY AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION 225
28. 22 END OF THE TRAIL: THE DARK SIDE OF FAITH 235
29. 23 RIDE OUT FOR VENGEANCE: REVISING A WESTERN PARADIGM 245
30. 24 OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW: DAYS OF WRATH, ANGELS OF MERCY 255
31. 25 THE CHURCH AND THE SALOON: CATHOLIC VERSUS PROTESTANT WESTERNS 265
32. 26 ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS: THE PISTOL AND THE PULPIT 275
33. 27 HARTS OF THE WEST: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CLINT 285
34. 28 THEN CAME SAM! FROM PAPPY TO PECKINPAH 295
35. 29 COUNT NO MAN LUCKY UNTIL HIS DEATH: THE WESTERN AS AMERICAN TRAGEDY 305
36. 30 BORN AGAIN: OF COWBOYS, CHRISTIANITY, AND CONVERSION 315
37. CONCLUSION. NO COUNTRY FOR BOLD MEN: THE WESTERN FILM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 325
38. NOTES 337
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 355
40. INDEX OF FILMS AND SHOWS 364
41. GENERAL INDEX 369