Contemporary American religion: an ethnographic reader
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 -- Struggle...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. [u.a.]
AltaMira
1997
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| In: | Year: 1997 |
| Reviews: | Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader, by Penny Edgell Becker and Nancy L. Eiesland, (eds). Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1997, 272 pp. 46.00, 22.95(pbk.) (1998) (Wittner, Judith)
[Rezension von: Becker, Penny Edgell, Contemporary American Religion: An Ethnographic Reader] (1999) (Phillips, Rick) |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religion
/ Religious life
/ Confession
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B United States Religion B United States Religious life and customs Case studies B United States Religion 1960- Case studies B United States Church history 20th century Case studies |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| ISBN: | 0761991956 |