Prime-Time Bishop: Fulton J. Sheen and Religious Celebrity in America
Author:   Alexander Nachaj
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
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9780228026440


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Prime-Time Bishop: Fulton J. Sheen and Religious Celebrity in America


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Author:   Alexander Nachaj
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN:  

9780228026440


ISBN 10:   022802644
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Busy Life, Many Names, and Numerous Intersections of Fulton J. Sheen 3 1 Auto-Hagiography and Authenticity: Treasure in Clay and the Celebrity Biography 22 2 Locating the Saint: Celebrity Remains and the Urban-Rural Divide 43 3 Celebrating the Sacred: Watching Television’s Celebrity Preachers 70 4 From Suspicion to Stardom: Realism and the Hollywood Priests 104 5 Hard Bodies, Hard Nation: Catholic Bodily Responses to the Cold War 141 Conclusion: The End and the Beginning 168 Notes 177 Bibliography 235 Index 251

Reviews

""Nachaj has deftly uncovered the real importance of Bishop Fulton Sheen for understanding mid-twentieth century American Catholicism. This book uses the lenses of celebrity, media, and masculinity studies to reveal a figure we only partially knew."" Mark Massa, Boston College ""This innovative volume pushes beyond simple biography in favour of taking an interdisciplinary approach to a major religious figure."" Richard Wolff, Valparaiso University


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Alexander Nachaj is an independent researcher. He lives in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec.

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