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John Fletcher - Preaching to Convert: Evangelical Outreach and Performance Activism in a Secular Age - 9780472119158 - V9780472119158
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Preaching to Convert: Evangelical Outreach and Performance Activism in a Secular Age

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Description for Preaching to Convert: Evangelical Outreach and Performance Activism in a Secular Age Hardcover. Discovering the common performance strategies of an unlikely pairing: evangelical Christians and left-progressive activists Num Pages: 412 pages, 4 B&W photographs. BIC Classification: HRAM6; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.

Preaching to Convert offers an intriguing new perspective on the outreach strategies of U.S. evangelicals, framing them as examples of activist performance, broadly defined as acts performed before an audience in the hopes of changing hearts and minds. Most writing about activist performance has focused on left-progressive causes, events, and actors. Preaching to Convert argues against such a constricted view of activism and for a more nuanced understanding of U.S. evangelicalism as a movement defined by its desire to win converts and spread the gospel.

The book positions evangelicals as a diverse, complicated group confronting the loss of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119158
SKU
V9780472119158
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About John Fletcher
John Fletcher is Associate Professor of Theatre, Louisiana State University.

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