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american christianity
american evangelical christians
anthropology and religion
Author_Omri Elisha
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christian ethnography
christianity and abortion
christianity and same sex marriage
christianity and social issues
conservative protestantism
divine destiny
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evangelical christianity
evangelical christians
faith
megachurches
religion and secularism
religious anthropology
religious conservatism
religious studies
religious virtues
saints and sinners
sociology of religion
the christian right
us evangelicalism
Product details
- ISBN 9780520267510
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this evocative ethnography, Omri Elisha examines the hopes, frustrations, and activist strategies of American evangelical Christians as they engage socially with local communities. Focusing on two Tennessee megachurches, "Moral Ambition" reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and public prayer to highlight the ways that evangelicals at the grassroots of the Christian Right promote faith-based causes intended to improve the state of social welfare. This book shows how these ministries both help churchgoers embody religious virtues and create provocative new opportunities for evangelism on a public scale. Elisha challenges conventional views of U.S. evangelicalism as narrowly individualistic, elucidating instead the inherent contradictions that activists face in their efforts to reconcile religious conservatism with a renewed interest in compassion, poverty, racial justice, and urban revivalism.
Omri Elisha is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Queens College, City University of New York.
