• ISBN13: 9780520245822
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: California UP
• Publisher Imprint: California
• Publication Date: January 1, 2006
• Pages: 272
• Original Price: USD 29.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 404 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology of Religion, Christianity / General, and Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

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"Erzen is sensitive, savvy, and provocative. Her mastery of historical sources, ethnographic technique, and accessible writing style are evident throughout. She illuminates aspects of conservative Christianity central to the 'culture wars, ' deepening our understanding of the movement's internal struggles over sexuality, gender, and family issues. Erzen has written a wonderful book."--Diane Winston, author of Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army

"Tanya Erzen's wonderful and timely book provides us with a compelling cultural history of the Christian right in the post-war period--from the cold war to family and sexual politics--as well as remarkable ethnographic insight into the dynamics of Exodus International. With compassion, humor, and insight, Erzen takes the reader through the ideological, organizational, and daily practices used in efforts to change people's theological and sexual orientations, from self-help to conversion testimony."--Faye Ginsburg, Professor of Anthropology, New York University, author of Contested Lives