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008			161017s2017 nyu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781479820788
020			_z9781479800384
035			_a(OCoLC)1015278623
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aPerry, Samuel L., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGrowing God’s Family : _bThe Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism / _cSamuel L. Perry.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c[2017]
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2017
264		4	_c©[2017]
300			_a1 online resource (288 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntroduction -- What evangelical orphan boom? -- Culture building for change -- Orphans need families! : just not those families -- So why did you adopt? -- Costs not counted -- What will a mature evangelical movement look like? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Data and methods -- Appendix B. Interview guides.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aFor over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have spent a substantial amount of time and money in an effort to address what they believe to be the "Orphan Crisis" of the United States. Yet, despite an expansive commitment of resources, there is no reliable evidence that these efforts have been successful. Adoptions are declining across the board, and both foster parenting and foster-adoptions remain steady. Why have evangelical mobilization efforts been so ineffective? To answer this question, Samuel L. Perry draws on interviews with over 220 movement leaders and grassroots families, as well as national data on adoption and fostering, to show that the problem goes beyond orphan care. Perry argues that evangelical social engagement is fundamentally self-limiting and difficult to sustain because their subcultural commitments lock them into an approach that does not work on a practical level. Growing God's Family ultimately reveals this peculiar irony within American evangelicalism by exposing how certain aspects of the evangelical subculture may stimulate activism to address social problems, even while these same subcultural characteristics undermine their own strategic effectiveness. It provides the most recent analysis of dominant elements within the evangelical subculture and how that subculture shapes the engagement strategies of evangelicals as a group. -- _cProvided by publisher
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aEvangelicalism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00917002
650		7	_aAdoption _xReligious aspects _xChristianity. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00797102
650		7	_aOrphans _xCare. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01983860
650		7	_aRELIGION _xChristianity _xHistory. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRELIGION _xChristian Church _xHistory. _2bisacsh
650		6	_aÉvangelisme.
650		0	_aEvangelicalism.
650		0	_aOrphans _xCare.
650		0	_aAdoption _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/56529/
945			_aProject MUSE - 2017 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - 2017 Global Cultural Studies
999			_c38156 _d38156