The church on the world's turf : an evangelical Christian group at a secular university /
Conservative Protestant groups that thrive in secular social and institutional contexts are intriguing. This book offers an ethnographic study of one such group, the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at McMaster University. These conservative Protestants espouse fundamental interpretations o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Conservative Protestant groups that thrive in secular social and institutional contexts are intriguing. This book offers an ethnographic study of one such group, the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at McMaster University. These conservative Protestants espouse fundamental interpretations of the Bible, women's roles, the age of the earth, alcohol consumption, sexual ethics, and the necessity of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. How does this tiny minority function withing the overwhelmingly secular context of the university? The strategies of the ICVF seem both to strengthen and to mitigate evangelicals' sense of difference from their non-Christian teachers and peers. Bramadat suggests that this model can also be useful for understanding the construction of individual and group identity among other minority groups. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2000. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197561591 (ebook) 0197561594 (ebook) |