| Description |
1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; 1 Godly Love and Post-Modern Christianity: An Introduction; 2 The Man, the Myth, and the Vision; 3 An Emerging Church Family and the Family Business; 4 Charisma and Spiritual Transformation; 5 Godly Love as Emotional Energy; 6 The BnF Family and the Homeless Poor; 7 Ideology and Tradition in Conflict; 8 Smoke, Mirrors, and Holy Madness; 9 Epilogue: A Social Scientific Assessment of Godly Love; Appendix A: Margaret Poloma's Reflections on a Research Journey; Appendix B: Methodological Appendix, with Survey Instrument (B-1) and Scale Construction (B-2) |
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Appendix C: Statistical Appendix, with Bivariate Matrix (C-1) and Multivariate Analysis (C-2)References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; About the Authors |
| Summary |
What does it mean to live out the theology presented in the Great Commandment to "love God above all and to love your neighbor as yourself"? In Blood and Fire, Poloma and Hood explore how understandings of godly love function to empower believers. Though godly love may begin as a perceived relationship between God and a person, it is made manifest as social behavior among people. Blood and Fire offers a deep ethnographic portrait of a charismatic church and its faith-based ministry, illuminating how religiously motivated social service makes use of beliefs about the nature of God's love. It t |
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21st |
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American |
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Protestantism |
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argues |
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between |
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century |
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churches |
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divine |
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dynamic |
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emerging |
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essential |
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godly |
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heart |
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human |
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love--the |
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love |
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ongoing |
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perceived |
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reinvention |
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relationship |
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response--is |
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that |
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this |
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understand |
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vision |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church work with the homeless.
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Church work with the poor.
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Pentecostalism.
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Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Emerging church movement.
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Christianity -- 21st century.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Pentecostal & Charismatic.
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Christianity
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Church work with the homeless
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Church work with the poor
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Emerging church movement
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Love -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Pentecostalism
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Postmodernism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
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| ISBN |
9780814768488 |
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0814768482 |
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