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005			20251028093426.0
008			170221s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017008080
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781479877669
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050	0	0	_aBV 637 _b.B28 2017
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100	1		_aBarron, Jessica M., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe urban church imagined : _breligion, race, and authenticity in the city / _cJessica M. Barron and Rhys H. Williams.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2017
300			_aviii, 195 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Race, church, city -- City Jesus -- Urban outfitters -- The diversity list -- City outreach -- "Swirl babies" -- "Should I stay or should I go?" -- Conclusion: The city imagined.
520	8		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aCity churches.
650		7	_aCity churches.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
700	1		_aWilliams, Rhys H., _eauthor.
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