Hollywood Faith : : Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church / / Gerardo Martí.
In Christianity, as with most religions, attaining holiness and a higher spirituality while simultaneously pursuing worldly ideals such as fame and fortune is nearly impossible. So how do people pursuing careers in Hollywood's entertainment industry maintain their religious devotion without sac...
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Martí, Gerardo, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Hollywood Faith : Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church / Gerardo Martí. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource (288 p.) : 3 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Christianity, as with most religions, attaining holiness and a higher spirituality while simultaneously pursuing worldly ideals such as fame and fortune is nearly impossible. So how do people pursuing careers in Hollywood's entertainment industry maintain their religious devotion without sacrificing their career goals? For some, the answer lies just two miles south of the historic center of Hollywood, California, at the Oasis Christian Center. In Hollywood Faith, Gerardo Marti shows how a multiracial evangelical congregation of 2,000 people accommodates itself to the entertainment industry and draws in many striving to succeed in this harsh and irreverent business. Oasis strategically sanctifies ambition and negotiates social change by promoting a new religious identity as "champion of life"-an identity that provides people who face difficult career choices and failed opportunities a sense of empowerment and endurance. The first book to provide an in-depth look at religion among the "creative class," Hollywood Faith will fascinate those interested in the modern evangelical movement and anyone who wants to understand how religion adapts to social change. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022) Christianity and culture California Los Angeles. Church work. Ethnicity Religious aspects Christianity. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110688610 print 9780813543482 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813545639 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813545639 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780813545639/original |
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