I Want to Reclaim Christianity
Boundary Work among Inclusive Christians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2143994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura M Krull (0000-0001-9112-8998, Department of Sociology, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 712-733 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00380253.2020.1811175 |
| OpenAlex | W3093677537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 55 |
Members of religious groups in the United States engage in boundary work to maintain distinct identities, but we know little about how inclusive Christians navigate the exclusionary aspects of boundary work. Drawing on one year of participant observation at a liberal congregation and twenty-six interviews, I find that congregants develop three strategies for boundary work that reflect their inclusive identity. I argue that this boundary work reflects the congregation’s high social class, thus reinforcing the underlying social boundary of class. This research extends our understanding of boundary work in congregations and further elucidates how churches may contribute to inequality
Aesthetics · Boundary (topology) · Boundary-work · Class (philosophy) · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Bible believers
“We Are God’s Children, Y’all”
Social Reproduction and Religious Stratification
Christian America?
American Evangelicalism
Culture Wars
Money, Morals, and Manners
Voices of the Religious Left
Conservative Protestants, Normative Pathways, and Adult Attainment
Ranking Faiths
Emotions and Fieldwork
Congregations in America
“I Know This Isn't PC, But …”
Religious Inequality in America
The Religious Left in Contemporary American Politics
Religion as Cultural Power
Happier than Non-Christians”
An Opening in the Congregational Closet? Boundary-Bridging Culture and Membership Privileges for Gays and Lesbians in Christian Religious Congregations
Changing Same-Sex Marriage Attitudes in America from 1988 Through 2010
Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science
Voting to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church
"Atheists As "Other
America's Liberalization in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality, 1973 to 1998
Becoming a Stepparent in Gay/Lesbian Stepfamilies
The Effects of Education on Americans' Religious Practices, Beliefs, and Affiliations
The Journal of Homosexuality
The Measure of American Religion
Cognitive Dissonance and Its Resolution
We are God's Children, Y'All
Drawing New Symbolic Boundaries over Old Social Boundaries
Traps on the Path of Analysis
Acts of Faith
Religion and Wealth
Contemporary Progressive Christianity and Its Symbolic Ramifications
The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences
Collective Identity and Social Movements
White Sexual Politics
Truly Inclusive or Uniformly Liberal? An Analysis of the Politics of the Emerging Church
How Culture Shapes Community
Religious Involvement and Educational Outcomes
Socioeconomic Inequality in the American Religious System
Evangelical Ambivalence toward Gays and Lesbians
Becoming an Atheist in America
Boundary Work in Inclusive Religious Groups
Conservative Protestants and Wealth
The Stakes of Symbolic Boundaries
The Politics of Religious Prejudice and Tolerance for Cultural Others
Religion, politics, and support for same-sex marriage in the United States, 1988-2008
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |