000 04143nam a2200493Ia 4500
001 218840
003 IT-RoAPU
005 20231211164002.0
006 m|||||o||d||||||||
007 cr || ||||||||
008 231101t20172017nyu fo d z eng d
020 _a9781479877669
_qprint
020 _a9781479802371
_qPDF
024 7 _a10.18574/nyu/9781479877669.001.0001
_2doi
035 _a(DE-B1597)9781479802371
035 _a(DE-B1597)547534
035 _a(OCoLC)1038178688
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
_erda
050 4 _aBV637
_b.B28 2018
072 7 _aSOC039000
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a253.091732
_223
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aBarron, Jessica M.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Urban Church Imagined :
_bReligion, Race, and Authenticity in the City /
_cRhys H. Williams, Jessica M. Barron.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aExplores the role of race and consumer culture in attracting urban congregants to an evangelical church The Urban Church Imagined illuminates the dynamics surrounding white urban evangelical congregations' approaches to organizational vitality and diversifying membership. Many evangelical churches are moving to urban, downtown areas to build their congregations and attract younger, millennial members. The urban environment fosters two expectations. First, a deep familiarity and reverence for popular consumer culture, and second, the presence of racial diversity. Church leaders use these ideas when they imagine what a "city church" should look like, but they must balance that with what it actually takes to make this happen. In part, racial diversity is seen as key to urban churches presenting themselves as "in touch" and "authentic." Yet, in an effort to seduce religious consumers, church leaders often and inadvertently end up reproducing racial and economic inequality, an unexpected contradiction to their goal of inclusivity. Drawing on several years of research, Jessica M. Barron and Rhys H. Williams explore the cultural contours of one such church in downtown Chicago. They show that church leaders and congregants' understandings of the connections between race, consumer culture, and the city is a motivating factor for many members who value interracial interactions as a part of their worship experience. But these explorations often unintentionally exclude members along racial and classed lines. Indeed, religious organizations' efforts to engage urban environments and foster integrated congregations produce complex and dynamic relationships between their racially diverse memberships and the cultivation of a safe haven in which white, middle-class leaders can feel as though they are being a positive force in the fight for religious vitality and racial diversity. The book adds to the growing constellation of studies on urban religious organizations, as well as emerging scholarship on intersectionality and congregational characteristics in American religious life. In so doing, it offers important insights into racially diverse congregations in urban areas, a growing trend among evangelical churches. This work is an important case study on the challenges faced by modern churches and urban institutions in general.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aCity churches.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
_2bisacsh
700 1 _aWilliams, Rhys H.
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479802371
856 4 2 _3Cover
_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479802371/original
942 _cEB
999 _c218840
_d218840