American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World (CultureAmerica)

Review "Gardella's brave and ambitious book offers a courageous interpretation of our times... Illuminating and authoritative." Sophy Burnham, Author of A Book of Angels "Sprightly writing, with an eye to pop culture.... Gardella presents a goldmine of evidence for the eclectic, pragmatic, and material nature of American religious history." Colleen McDannell, coauthor of Heaven: A History "A readable and engaging study that shows very clearly that angels pervade the American imagination and perform important cultural work." --David Morgan, author of The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice" From the Back Cover "Gardella's brave and ambitious book offers a courageous interpretation of our times. . . . Illuminating and authoritative."--Sophy Burnham, author of