عنوان

Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader

eng

Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader

Walnut Creek, Calif

AltaMira Press

c1997

272 p.; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

edited by Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland

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 Bahٶ┐گ‌ ٶ┐گ‌ٶ┐گ‌ Community / Mike McMullen -- Conclusion: The cultural turn: stories, logics, and the quest for identity in American religion / Robert Wuthnow

Religion - 0691- ، United States

Religious life and customs ، United States

Church history - 02th century ، United States

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AU Edgell, Penny 1963-

AU Eiesland, Nancy L 1964-2009