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Moral Ambition - Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (Hardcover, New)
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Moral Ambition - Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (Hardcover, New)
Series: The Anthropology of Christianity, 12
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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. This 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.
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