عنوان

Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Walnut Creek, Calif

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

AltaMira Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c1997

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

272 p.; 23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

edited by Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland

Text of Note

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

Entry Element

Religion - 0691- ، United States

Entry Element

Religious life and customs ، United States

Entry Element

Church history - 02th century ، United States

Class number

Relator Code

TI

AU Edgell, Penny 1963-

AU Eiesland, Nancy L 1964-2009