Christian Tourist Attractions, Mythmaking, and Identity Formation

Erin Roberts is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina, USA.Jennifer Eyl is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion, Tufts University, USA.

Editors Erin Roberts and Jennifer Eyl have brought together eight stimulating essays that examine the presentation of various Christianities at a variety of Christian tourist attractions (CTA) … [The] vivid descriptions of the CTA in each chapter make the book accessible to a non-specialized audience … [Its] engaging case-studies and mostly accessible theoretical reflections make it an excellent addition to the classroom.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsList of Contributors0. Introduction: Myth, Our Bloodless Battleground, Erin Roberts (University of South Carolina, USA) 1. The Museum of the Bible: Promoting Biblical Exceptionalism to Naturalize an Evangelical America, Stephen L. Young (Appalachian State University, USA) 2. The Materiality of Myth: Authorizing Fundamentalism at Ark Encounter, James Bielo (Miami University, USA) 3. Rival Epistemologies and Constructed Confusion at the Creation Museum, Steven Watkins (University of Louisville, USA) 4. “It is what it is”: Mythmaking and Identity Formation on a Christian Zionist Tour of Israel, Sean Durbin (Macquarie University, Australia) 5. “…that their heart might throb with love for Israel!”: Celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles with Charismatics and Messianic Jews in Jerusalem, Katja Vehlow (University of South Carolina, USA) 6. Anachronism as a Constituent Feature of Mythmaking at the BibleWalk Museum, Jennifer Eyl (Tufts University, USA) 7. Embodied Mythic Formation at the Holy Land Experience, Erin Roberts (University of South Carolina, USA) 8. On the Myth of Religion's Uniqueness, Craig Martin (St. Thomas Aquinas College, USA)NotesBibliography Index