Sean McCloud is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Communication Studies Faculty Affiliate at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches, publishes, and researches in the fields of American religions and religion and culture. His publications include Making the American Religious Fringe: Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993 (2004), Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies (2007), and a co-edited volume, Religion and Class in America: Culture, History, and Politics (2009).

In an understudied field, McCloud's analysis is a welcomed addition due to his concise argument, fair criticisms, and well-organized work on a topic that is often dismissed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: American Religion in an Era of Possessions ; Chapter 1: Delivering the World ; Chapter 2: Possessed Possessions, Defiled Land, and the Horrors of History ; Chapter 3: The Gothic Therapeutic ; Chapter 4: Haunting Desires: Agency in an Era of Possessions ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Sean McCloud is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Communication Studies Faculty Affiliate at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches, publishes, and researches in the fields of American religions and religion and culture. His publications include Making the American Religious Fringe: Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993 (2004), Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies (2007), and a co-edited volume, Religion and Class in America: Culture, History, and Politics (2009).

In an understudied field, McCloud's analysis is a welcomed addition due to his concise argument, fair criticisms, and well-organized work on a topic that is often dismissed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: American Religion in an Era of Possessions ; Chapter 1: Delivering the World ; Chapter 2: Possessed Possessions, Defiled Land, and the Horrors of History ; Chapter 3: The Gothic Therapeutic ; Chapter 4: Haunting Desires: Agency in an Era of Possessions ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Sean McCloud is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies and Communication Studies Faculty Affiliate at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He teaches, publishes, and researches in the fields of American religions and religion and culture. His publications include Making the American Religious Fringe: Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993 (2004), Divine Hierarchies: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies (2007), and a co-edited volume, Religion and Class in America: Culture, History, and Politics (2009).

In an understudied field, McCloud's analysis is a welcomed addition due to his concise argument, fair criticisms, and well-organized work on a topic that is often dismissed.

• Acknowledgments ; Introduction: American Religion in an Era of Possessions ; Chapter 1: Delivering the World ; Chapter 2: Possessed Possessions, Defiled Land, and the Horrors of History ; Chapter 3: The Gothic Therapeutic ; Chapter 4: Haunting Desires: Agency in an Era of Possessions ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index