{"product_id":"roadside-religion-in-search-of-the-sacred-the-strange-and-the-substance-of-faith-paperback","title":"Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Beal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2002, Timothy K. Beal loaded his family into a twenty-nine-foot-long motor home and hit the rural highways of America in search of roadside religious attractions-sites like the World's Largest Ten Commandments and Precious Moments Chapel. \u003ci\u003eRoadside Religion\u003c\/i\u003e tells of his attempts to understand the meaning of these places as expressions of religious imagination and experience, and to encounter faith in all its awesome absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy K. Beal is Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. His books include \u003ci\u003eReligion and Its Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hiding, \u003c\/i\u003e and his essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.86 x 6.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486146281650,"sku":"9780807010631","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6331c670378e88d0c5d01505dc6bf54e.webp?v=1779302524","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/roadside-religion-in-search-of-the-sacred-the-strange-and-the-substance-of-faith-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}