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America’s Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself)
ISBN: 9780823285327
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Television broadcasting; Catholic television personalities;

This book investigates the religious identity and authority of Stephen Colbert and his character Stephen Colbert. By exploring Colbert's position as a lay catechist and televised comedian, this book examines how Catholicism shapes Colbert's experiences, and how Colbert and his persona nuance American Catholicism and the polarized American religious landscape.

Stephanie N. Brehm holds a Ph.D. in religious studies and is an administrator-scholar at Northwestern University.Stephanie N. Brehm holds a Ph.D. in religious studies and is an administrator-scholar at Northwestern University.