03428nam 2200757 a 450 991046312390332120200520144314.00-520-95054-21-283-27860-X978661327860910.1525/9780520950542(CKB)2670000000355364(EBL)718655(OCoLC)739104379(SSID)ssj0000524268(PQKBManifestationID)11340885(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524268(PQKBWorkID)10546890(PQKB)11259303(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084544(MiAaPQ)EBC718655(MdBmJHUP)muse30996(DE-B1597)519608(DE-B1597)9780520950542(Au-PeEL)EBL718655(CaPaEBR)ebr10480807(CaONFJC)MIL327860(EXLCZ)99267000000035536420110105d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMoral ambition[electronic resource] mobilization and social outreach in evangelical megachurches /Omri ElishaBerkeley [Calif.] University of California Press20111 online resource (277 p.)The anthropology of Christianity ;12Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26750-8 0-520-26751-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Awaking sleeping giants -- A region in spite of itself -- The names of action -- The spiritual injuries of class -- Compassion accounts -- Taking the (inner) city for God -- Epilogue.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. The 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.Anthropology of Christianity ;12.Mobilization and social outreach in evangelical megachurchesBig churchesChurch workMissionsChurch and social problemsEvangelicalismTennesseeElectronic books.Big churches.Church work.Missions.Church and social problems.Evangelicalism253.09768/09045Elisha Omri1972-1046215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463123903321Moral ambition2472962UNINA