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- catalog abstract ""In an attempt to understand the growing influence of the Christian Right, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church he encountered while studying a variety of new-right groups. He observed - and where possible participated in - the daily lives of the members of a church he calls Shawmut River. His book takes us into worship services, home Bible studies, youth events, men's prayer breakfasts and Saturday work groups, after-Sunday-service family dinners, and bitter conflicts leading to a church split. He introduces us to the principal members of the congregation, as well as its shadow community of ex-members. We see how they respond to each other, to Ault as an unsaved newcomer, and to the outside world." "Ault draws our attention to how members use the Bible as a "handbook for life," applying moral absolutes taken from it, more or less successfully, to both daily life and extraordinary events. We see how the congregation deals with issues around marriage, adultery, divorce, teenage pregnancy, and alcohol abuse. Ault makes clear how the church, embodying traditional extended-family life, provides the security of like-mindedness and community to its members. He also reveals the pervasive power of gossip to engender and perpetuate divisions and conflicts within a community. And finally, Ault describes his own surprising journey of discovery, revelation, and belief during, and in the wake of, his three years studying Shawmut River and making an intimate documentary about it."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13280697.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Ault draws our attention to how members use the Bible as a "handbook for life," applying moral absolutes taken from it, more or less successfully, to both daily life and extraordinary events. We see how the congregation deals with issues around marriage, adultery, divorce, teenage pregnancy, and alcohol abuse. Ault makes clear how the church, embodying traditional extended-family life, provides the security of like-mindedness and community to its members. He also reveals the pervasive power of gossip to engender and perpetuate divisions and conflicts within a community.".
- catalog description ""In an attempt to understand the growing influence of the Christian Right, sociologist and documentary filmmaker James Ault spent three years inside the world of a Massachusetts fundamentalist church he encountered while studying a variety of new-right groups. He observed - and where possible participated in - the daily lives of the members of a church he calls Shawmut River. His book takes us into worship services, home Bible studies, youth events, men's prayer breakfasts and Saturday work groups, after-Sunday-service family dinners, and bitter conflicts leading to a church split. He introduces us to the principal members of the congregation, as well as its shadow community of ex-members.".
- catalog description "And finally, Ault describes his own surprising journey of discovery, revelation, and belief during, and in the wake of, his three years studying Shawmut River and making an intimate documentary about it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-411) and index.".
- catalog description "We see how they respond to each other, to Ault as an unsaved newcomer, and to the outside world."".
- catalog description "Winner 2005 Honor Book in Nonfiction, Massachusetts Center for the Book.".
- catalog extent "xii, 433 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Spirit and flesh.".
- catalog identifier "037540242X".
- catalog identifier "0375702385 (trade pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Spirit and flesh.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Spirit and flesh.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Worcester Region".
- catalog subject "306.6/8617443 22".
- catalog subject "BX6480.W9 A95 2004".
- catalog subject "Baptists Massachusetts Worcester Region Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Fundamentalist churches Massachusetts Worcester Region Case studies.".
- catalog title "Spirit and flesh : life in a fundamentalist Baptist church / James M. Ault, Jr.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".