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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edgell, Penny, 1963-

Eiesland, Nancy L., 1964-2009.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Religion.

United States--Religion--1960---Case studies.

United States--Religious life and customs--Case studies.

United States--Church history--20th century--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

272 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, [1997]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761991956

OCLC:

37464706