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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Whites
/ Evangelical movement
/ Political attitude
/ Value
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America KDG Free church NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | 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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| Summary: | "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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520355601 |