The holy vote: inequality and anxiety among white evangelicals
"Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork at a megachurch, sociologist Sarah Diefendorf investigates the ways in which evangelicals are working to grow as an institution during a time of cultural shifts that are leading young people to leave the faith. In order to grow, the church needs to...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2023]
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| En: | Año: 2023 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
USA
/ Personas blancas
/ Movimiento evangelical
/ Posición política
/ Valor
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AD Sociología de la religión KBQ América del Norte KDG Iglesia libre NCA Ética |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Evangelicalism (United States)
History 21st century
B Equality Religious aspects Christianity B Christianity and politics (United States) History 21st century B Equality (United States) B Christians, White (United States) History 21st century B Anxiety (United States) B Anxiety Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electrónico
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| Sumario: | "Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork at a megachurch, sociologist Sarah Diefendorf investigates the ways in which evangelicals are working to grow as an institution during a time of cultural shifts that are leading young people to leave the faith. In order to grow, the church needs to reapproach topics long understood as external threats to the organization, such as feminism, gender equality, racial inclusivity, and queerness-topics that Diefendorf classifies as the "imagined secular" in the mind of evangelicals. She finds that the church's ways of reworking their messages to appear more welcoming still uphold already privileged identities"-- |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520355601 |