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Flea Market Jesus

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II

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Americans live their lives through institutions: government, businesses, schools, clubs, and houses of worship. But many Americans are wary of the control these groups--especially government and business--exercise over their lives. Flea Market Jesus provides an up-close look at the rugged individualism of those trying hardest to separate themselves from institutions: flea market dealers. Having spent most of his life studying American religious organizations, Art Farnsley turns his attention to America's most solitary, and alienated, entrepreneurs. Farnsley describes an entire subculture of white Midwesterners--working class, middle class, and poor--gathered together in a uniquely American celebration of guns and frontier life. In this mix, the character "Cochise" voices the frustrations of flea market dealers toward business, politics, and, especially, religion. Part ethnography, part autobiography, Flea Market Jesus is a story about alienation, biblical literalism, libertarianism, and deep-seated religious belief. It is not about the Tea Party, the Occupy movement, or the Christian Right, but it shines a light on all of these by highlighting the potent combination of mistrust, resentment, and personal liberty too often kept in the shadows of public discourse among educated elites.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1621893529

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9781621893523

Sacred Circles, Public Squares

The Multicentering of American Religion

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II,N. J. Demerath III,Etan Diamond,Mary L. Mapes

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Sacred Circles, Public Squares

The Multicentering of American Religion

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II,N. J. Demerath III,Etan Diamond,Mary L. Mapes

This study of the religious landscape of Indianapolis -- the summative volume of the Lilly Endowment's Project on Religion and Urban Culture conducted by the Polis Center at IUPUI -- aims to understand religion's changing role in public life. The book examines the shaping of religious traditions by the changing city. It sheds light on issues such as social capital and faith-based welfare reform and explores the countervailing pressures of "decentering" -- the creation of multiple (sub)urban centers -- and civil religion's role in binding these centers into one metropolis. Polis Center Series on Religion and Urban Culture -- David J. Bodenhamer and Arthur E. Farnsley II, editors

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Indiana University Press

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0253111293

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9780253111296

Rising Expectations

Urban Congregations, Welfare Reform, and Civic Life

By: Arthur Emery Farnsley

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Rising Expectations

Urban Congregations, Welfare Reform, and Civic Life

By: Arthur Emery Farnsley

Rising Expectations examines the current attempts to enlist religious congregations as partners in social services and community development. It highlights stark demographic realities about urban congregations in order to challenge current assumptions about welfare reform and to encourage realistic expectations for the future. Both governmental officials and civic leaders are calling on religious congregations to become more active partners in social welfare reforms, especially through Charitable Choice. Based on research conducted in Indianapolis, Indiana, Farnsley examines the context for those changes and evaluates the current and potential role for congregations as community development agencies and social service providers. Farnsley begins with an assessment of congregations, seen as one interdependent piece in a complex urban environment. He then deals with the three basic assumptions about congregations that drive contemporary faith-based reforms: "How well do congregations know their neighbors?" "Is smaller better?" and "Can congregations impart values?" Finally, the book considers plans for future implementation or expansion of reform.

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160

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Indiana University Press

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0253341957

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9780253341952

Congregation & Community

By: Nancy Tatom Ammerman,Arthur Emery Farnsley

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Congregation & Community

By: Nancy Tatom Ammerman,Arthur Emery Farnsley

Why do some religious institutions decline in the face of racial integration whilst others grow? How do congregations deal with economic distress? This study of congregations in the face of community transformation includes stories of over 20 congregations in nine communities across America.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813523354

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Flea Market Jesus

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II

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Sacred Circles, Public Squares

The Multicentering of American Religion

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II,N. J. Demerath III,Etan Diamond,Mary L. Mapes

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The Multicentering of American Religion

By: Arthur E. Farnsley II,N. J. Demerath III,Etan Diamond,Mary L. Mapes

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