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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.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- EDITORS’ NOTE
- Introduction - DEVELOPING INTERPRETATIONS Ethnography and the Restructuring of Knowledge in a Changing Field
- Chapter 1 - MANAGING STRAIN, CONTRADICTIONS, AND FLUIDITY Messianic Judaism and the Negotiation of a Religio-Ethnic Identity
- Chapter 2 - STRUGGLES FOR MUTUAL REVERENCE Social Strategies and Religious Stories
- Chapter 3 - THE GOSPEL HOUR Liminality, Identity, and Religion in a Gay Bar
- Chapter 4 - To STAY OR TO LEAVE? Organizational Legitimacy in the Struggle for Change among Evangelical Feminists
- Chapter 5 - WHAT IS RIGHT? WHAT IS CARING? Moral Logics in Local Religious Life
- Chapter 6 - SPLITTING INTERESTS OR COMMON CAUSES Styles of Moral Reasoning in Opposing Abortion
- Chapter 7 - THE CHURCH AND THE STREET Race, Class, and Congregation
- Chapter 8 - CONTENDING WITH A GIANT The Impact of a Megachurch on Exurban Religious Institutions
- Chapter 9 - THE RELIGIOUS CONSTRUCTION OF A GLOBAL IDENTITY An Ethnographic Look at the Atlanta Bahá‘à Community
- Conclusion - THE CULTURAL TURN Stories, Logic, and the Quest for Identity in American Religion
- INDEX