John Philip Jenkins
Contributor
Website : John Philip Jenkins at Baylor University
Distinguished Professor of History, Baylor University. Author of A History of the United States, Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in America, Synthetic Panics: The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs, and others.
Primary Contributions (50)
Bonnie and Clyde, robbery team that became notorious in the United States through their flamboyant encounters with police and the sensationalization of their exploits by the country’s newspapers. Barrow had been a criminal long before he met Parker in January 1930. After 20 months in prison in…
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Publications (4)
A History of the United States (2/15/2012)
A History of the United States is an account of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic and cultural developments. Major themes include the relationship between territorial expansion and political history; the critical role of ethnic and racial conflict, and the complex relationship between race and class in American history; the powerful traditions of regionalism in American life and the shifting centres of gravity in American geography; and the remarkable force of...
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Synthetic Panics: The Symbolic Politics Of Designer Drugs (1999)
Synthetic Panics -- Speed Kills -- Monsters, The Pcp Crisis, 1975-1985 -- Suppressing Ecstasy: The Designer Drug Crisis -- The Menace That Went Away: The Ice Age, 1989-90 -- The Cat Attack, 1993-94 -- Redneck Cocaine: The Methamphetamine Panic Of The Nineties -- Rave Drugs And Rape Drugs -- 9 The Next Panic. By Philip Jenkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, And Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe For The Next 1,500 Years (2011)
The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, PhilipJenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful charactersshaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today’s church could beteaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as weknow it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profoundimplications of...
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