Contemporary American Religion

An Ethnographic Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

No single narrative or theory can describe the varieties of religious experience in North America today. The tidy dichotomies of liberal/ conservative, public/private, local/global, and renewal/secularization make little sense once specific congregations are examined closely. To understand the shifting boundaries of contemporary religious expressions, new tools are needed. Contemporary American Religion collects qualitative, on-the-ground studies of local congregations by up-and-coming religious scholars. Ethnography combined with more traditional sociological methods, help make sense of complex religious communities—from Messianic Jews to evangelical feminists, from Gospel Hour at a gay bar to exurban megachurches. This collection covers a wide span of the religious landscape, always trying to uncover new theoretical insights. Essential reading for classes in sociology of religion, contemporary American religion, and anthropology of religion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-11-11
Mått:154 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780761991960

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Penny Edgell: Cornell University Nancy L. Eiesland: Emory University

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Contemporary American Religion is an ambitious anthology that, among its other aims, makes a compelling case for the importance of ethnographic research in the study of religious communities....This volume exhibits a keen sensitivity to religious transformation in America complemented by an awareness of changing scholarly conceptions of theory, ethnography, and cultural analysis.

Innehållsförteckning

chapter 1 Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland, Introductionchapter 2 1. Shoshanah Feher, Managing Strain, Contradictions, and Fluidity: Messianic Judaism and the Negotiation of a Religio-Ethnic Identitychapter 3 2. Matthew Lawson, Struggles for Mutual Reverence: Social Strategies and Religious Storieschapter 4 3. Edward R. Gray and Scott L. Thumma, The Gospel Hour: Liminality, Identity, and Religion in a Gay Barchapter 5 4. Janet Stocks, To Stay or to Leave?: Organizational Legitimacy in the Struggle for Change Among Evangelical Feministschapter 6 5. Penny Edgell Becker, What is Right? What is Caring? Moral Logic in Local Religious Lifechapter 7 6. Elfriede Wedam, Splitting Interests or Common Causes: Styles of Moral Reasoning in Opposing Abortionchapter 8 7. Tim Nelson, The Church and the Street: Race, Class, and Congregationchapter 9 8. Nancy L. Eiesland, Contending with a Giant: The Impact of a Megachurch on Exurban Religious Institutionschapter 10 9. Mike McMullen, The Religious Construction of a Global Identity: An Ethnographic Look at the Atlanta Bahai Communitychapter 11 Robert Wuthnow, Conclusionchapter 12 Referenceschapter 13 Index