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In Awesome Families, Kathleen Jenkins draws on four years of ethnographic research to explain how and why so many individuals-primarily from middle- to upper-middle-class backgrounds-were attracted to this religious group that was founded on principles of enforced community, explicit authoritative r...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-317982021-04-30T10:15:36Z Awesome Families Jenkins, Kathleen Sociology Disciple (Christianity) Evangelicalism Family (biology) God In Awesome Families, Kathleen Jenkins draws on four years of ethnographic research to explain how and why so many individuals-primarily from middle- to upper-middle-class backgrounds-were attracted to this religious group that was founded on principles of enforced community, explicit authoritative relationships, and therapeutic ideals. Weaving classical and contemporary social theory, she argues that members were commonly attracted to the structure and practice of family relationships advocated by the church, especially in the context of contemporary society where gender roles and family responsibilities are often ambiguous. Tracing the rise and fall of this fast-growing religious movement, this timely study adds to our understanding of modern society and offers insight to the difficulties that revivalist movements have in sustaining growth. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-02-25 03:00:26 2020-04-01T13:49:51Z 2020-04-01T13:49:51Z 2005-11-01 book 625237 OCN: 875686124 9780813540979 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31798 eng application/pdf n/a 625237.pdf Rutgers University Press 10.26530/oapen_625237 100269 10.26530/oapen_625237 111d1c48-fc70-44ba-97fa-39be459ee343 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780813540979 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) New Brunswick 100269 KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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