Being the Chosen - Exploring a Christian Fundamentalist Worldview

Zusatztext '[Jones'] book is well structured and has a clear! precise style...The book will interest scholars and students in sociology! theology! and political science! along with readers who are interested in politics... Recommended.' Choice Informationen zum Autor Julie Scott Jones is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University! UK Klappentext Explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA. Establishing the key characteristics of a Protestant Christian fundamentalist worldview! this work investigates the degrees to which these are adhered to amongst different groups! whilst exploring the ways in which such belief systems are constructed and reinforced through everyday life. Zusammenfassung Explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA. Establishing the key characteristics of a Protestant Christian fundamentalist worldview, this work investigates the degrees to which these are adhered to amongst different groups, whilst exploring the ways in which such belief systems are constructed and reinforced through everyday life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 ‘Furiously Religious’; Chapter 2 ‘Same or Different’?; Chapter 3 ‘True Americans’; Chapter 4 ‘God’s Chosen’; Chapter 5 The ‘Right’ Way; Chapter 6 ‘Counting Down the Days’; Chapter 7 ‘Us or Them’; Chapter 8 ‘Fighting for God’; Chapter 9 ‘Taking it to the World’;

Product details

• Authors: Julie Scott Jones
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2010
• EAN: 9780754677413
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-7741-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religious Fundamentalism