LEADER 03609nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910462106203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-94306-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520943063 035 $a(CKB)2670000000193524 035 $a(EBL)922905 035 $a(OCoLC)794663675 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000661242 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11395572 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000661242 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10708757 035 $a(PQKB)11072113 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC922905 035 $a(DE-B1597)519865 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520943063 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL922905 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10675812 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000193524 100 $a20080616d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBoundless faith$b[electronic resource] $ethe global outreach of American churches /$fRobert Wuthnow 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26808-3 311 $a0-520-25915-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-324) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. At Home and Abroad The Changing Contours of American Religion -- $t2. The Global Christianity Paradigm From Cultural Connection to Demographic Distance -- $t3. Four Faces of Globalization Debating Heterogeneity and Inequality -- $t4. The Evolution of Transnational Ties Changing Patterns of Social Organization -- $t5. The Global Role of Congregations Bridging Borders through Direct Engagement -- $t6. Faith and Foreign Policy Does Religious Advocacy Matter? -- $t7. The Challenges Ahead Good for America, Good for the World? -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Boundless Faith, the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in U.S. policies and programs abroad. These changes, he argues, can be seen in the growth of support at home for missionaries and churches in other countries and in the large number of Americans who participate in short-term volunteer efforts abroad. These outreaches include building orphanages, starting microbusinesses, and setting up computer networks. Drawing on a comprehensive survey that was conducted for this book, as well as several hundred in-depth interviews with church leaders, Wuthnow refutes several prevailing stereotypes: that U.S. churches have turned away from the global church and overseas missions, that congregations only look inward, and that the growing voice of religion in areas of foreign policy is primarily evangelical. This fresh and revealing book encourages Americans to pay attention to the grass-roots mechanisms by which global ties are created and sustained. 606 $aMissions, American 606 $aProtestant churches$zUnited States$xMissions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMissions, American. 615 0$aProtestant churches$xMissions. 676 $a266/.02373 700 $aWuthnow$b Robert$0882687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462106203321 996 $aBoundless faith$92485184 997 $aUNINA