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200 10$aMoral ambition$b[electronic resource] $emobilization and social outreach in evangelical megachurches /$fOmri Elisha
210   $aBerkeley [Calif.] $cUniversity of California Press$d2011
215   $a1 online resource (277 p.)
225 1 $aThe anthropology of Christianity ;$v12
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-26750-8 
311   $a0-520-26751-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- 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.
330   $aIn this evocative ethnography, Omri Elisha examines the hopes, frustrations, and activist strategies of American evangelical Christians as they engage socially with local communities. Focusing on two Tennessee megachurches, Moral Ambition reaches beyond political controversies over issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and public prayer to highlight the ways that evangelicals at the grassroots of the Christian Right promote faith-based causes intended to improve the state of social welfare. The book shows how these ministries both help churchgoers embody religious virtues and create provocative new opportunities for evangelism on a public scale. Elisha challenges conventional views of U.S. evangelicalism as narrowly individualistic, elucidating instead the inherent contradictions that activists face in their efforts to reconcile religious conservatism with a renewed interest in compassion, poverty, racial justice, and urban revivalism.
410  0$aAnthropology of Christianity ;$v12.
517 3 $aMobilization and social outreach in evangelical megachurches
606   $aBig churches
606   $aChurch work
606   $aMissions
606   $aChurch and social problems
606   $aEvangelicalism$zTennessee
610   $aamerican christianity.
610   $aamerican evangelical christians.
610   $aanthropology and religion.
610   $achristian ethnography.
610   $achristianity and abortion.
610   $achristianity and same sex marriage.
610   $achristianity and social issues.
610   $aconservative protestantism.
610   $adivine destiny.
610   $aevangelical christianity.
610   $aevangelical christians.
610   $afaith.
610   $amegachurches.
610   $areligion and secularism.
610   $areligious anthropology.
610   $areligious conservatism.
610   $areligious studies.
610   $areligious virtues.
610   $asaints and sinners.
610   $asociology of religion.
610   $athe christian right.
610   $aus evangelicalism.
615  0$aBig churches.
615  0$aChurch work.
615  0$aMissions.
615  0$aChurch and social problems.
615  0$aEvangelicalism
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