RT Article
T1 “I have a gun and I know how to use it”: A phenomenology of handgun ownership by evangelical Christians
JF Review and expositor
VO 117
IS 3
SP 384
OP 391
A1 Rosell, Tarris D. 1957-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1734801948
AB American gun culture pervades American evangelicalism. Field research of this phenomenon utilizes phenomenological methods, involving online and onsite visits to Frontier Justice, a Kansas City-based gun store and boutique with evangelical Christian owners. Additional research entails concealed-carry gun training and interviews and email correspondence with Christian handgun owners, including the pastor of a church with armed security. Research culminates with the purchase of a used handgun for specified purposes. Theological ethics reflection controversially correlates the phenomenon of dutiful or fanatical evangelical gun ownership with fear, idolatry, and narcissism.
K1 Frontier Justice
K1 Second Amendment
K1 Concealed carry
K1 Fear
K1 Idolatry
K1 Narcissism
DO 10.1177/0034637320949948