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Contemporary American religion : an ethnographic reader / edited by Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland.

Contributor(s): Edgell, Penny, 1963- | Eiesland, Nancy L, 1964-2009
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 272 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0761991964 (pbk)Subject(s): United States -- Religion -- 1960- -- Case studies | United States -- Religious life and customs -- Case studies | United States -- Church history -- 20th century -- Case studiesDDC classification: 306.6/0973/09045 LOC classification: BL2525 | .C66 1998Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Developing interpretations ethnography and the restructuring of knowledge in a changing field / Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland -- Managing strain, contradictions, and fluidity: Messianic Judaism and the negotiation of a religio-ethnic identity / Shoshanah Feher -- Struggles for mutual reverence: social strategies and religious stories / Matthew P. Lawson -- The gospel hour: liminality, identity, and religion in a gay bar / Edward R. Gray and Scott L. Thumma -- To stay or to leave?: organizational legitimacy in the struggle for change among evangelical feminists / Janet Stocks -- What is right? what is caring? moral logics in local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker -- Splitting interests or common causes: styles of moral reasoning in opposing abortion / Elfriede Wedam -- The church and the street: race, class, and congregation / Timothy J. Nelson -- Contending with a giant: the impact of a megachurch on exurban religious institutions / Nancy L. Eiesland -- The religious construction of a global identity: an ethnographic look at the Atlanta Bahá ̕í Community / Mike McMullen -- Conclusion: The cultural turn: stories, logics, and the quest for identity in American religion / Robert Wuthnow.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL2525 .C66 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902052931

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Developing interpretations ethnography and the restructuring of knowledge in a changing field / Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland -- Managing strain, contradictions, and fluidity: Messianic Judaism and the negotiation of a religio-ethnic identity / Shoshanah Feher -- Struggles for mutual reverence: social strategies and religious stories / Matthew P. Lawson -- The gospel hour: liminality, identity, and religion in a gay bar / Edward R. Gray and Scott L. Thumma -- To stay or to leave?: organizational legitimacy in the struggle for change among evangelical feminists / Janet Stocks -- What is right? what is caring? moral logics in local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker -- Splitting interests or common causes: styles of moral reasoning in opposing abortion / Elfriede Wedam -- The church and the street: race, class, and congregation / Timothy J. Nelson -- Contending with a giant: the impact of a megachurch on exurban religious institutions / Nancy L. Eiesland -- The religious construction of a global identity: an ethnographic look at the Atlanta Bahá ̕í Community / Mike McMullen -- Conclusion: The cultural turn: stories, logics, and the quest for identity in American religion / Robert Wuthnow.

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