Secular Evangelicals: Faith-Based Organizing and Four Modes of Public Religion

We present four modes of public religion—secularist, generalist pluralist, particularist pluralist, and exclusivist—and discuss conditions under which white evangelicals employ these different modes. Ethnographic research on white evangelicals participating in multifaith initiatives in Los Angeles,...

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Auteurs: Markofski, Wes (Auteur) ; Fulton, Brad R. (Auteur) ; Wood, Richard L. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Univ. Press [2020]
Dans: Sociology of religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 81, Numéro: 2, Pages: 158-184
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Los Angeles, Calif. / Portland, Or. / Boston, Mass. / Atlanta, Ga. / Mouvement évangélique / Blancs / Dialogue interreligieux / Laïcité / Religion civile
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
KBQ Amérique du Nord
KDG Église libre
Sujets non-standardisés:B Articles
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Résumé:We present four modes of public religion—secularist, generalist pluralist, particularist pluralist, and exclusivist—and discuss conditions under which white evangelicals employ these different modes. Ethnographic research on white evangelicals participating in multifaith initiatives in Los Angeles, Portland, Boston, and Atlanta indicates that they prefer the secularist mode that avoids religious expression. In addition, the research indicates that when white evangelicals do participate in multifaith contexts where religious expression is encouraged, they prefer the particularist mode that uses faith-specific language rather than the generalist mode that invokes interfaith language. Quantitative data from a national study of community organizing organizations confirms that white evangelicals are more likely to participate in multifaith initiatives that operate in the secularist rather than a religious mode of public engagement. We anticipate that our analytic typology describing four modes of public religion will be valuable for future studies that examine the public engagement of religious actors.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contient:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srz045