The Urban Church Imagined : : Religion, Race, and Authenticity in the City / / Jessica M. Barron, Rhys H. Williams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Barron, Jessica M.,; Williams, Rhys H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Anno di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: English
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource

Explores 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 a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. City Jesus
• 2. Urban Outfitters
• 3. The Diversity List
• 4. City Outreach
• 5. “Swirl Babies”
• 6. “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index
• About the Authors