Divine Hierarchies
Subtitle: Class in American Religion and Religious Studies
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780807831601
Subjects: Religious instruction; Social classes; Religion; Religion - Socialissues; USA; General; Christian Church - General; Christian Life - Social Issues; Christianity; Religion and sociology; Religious aspects; Social conflict; United States
Description: More than a status grounded in material conditions, says McCloud, class is also an identity rhetorically and symbolically made and unmade through representations. It entails relationships, identifications, boundaries, meanings, power, and our most ingrained habits of mind and body. He demonstrates that employing class as an analytical tool that cuts across variables such as creed, race, ethnicity, and gender can illuminate American religious life in unprecedented ways. --from publisher description.