TY - BOOK ID - 77895243 TI - Boundless faith : the global outreach of American churches PY - 2009 SN - 0520943066 9780520943063 9780520259157 0520259157 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Missions, American. KW - Protestant churches KW - Protestant sects KW - Christian sects KW - Protestantism KW - American missions KW - Missions. KW - american christianity. KW - american christians. KW - american policy. KW - american politics. KW - american religion. KW - building orphanages. KW - christianity. KW - church leaders. KW - churches. KW - computer networks. KW - congregations. KW - direct engagement. KW - evangelical. KW - foreign policy. KW - global church. KW - globalization. KW - grass roots mechanisms. KW - heterogeneity. KW - inequality. KW - micro businesses. KW - missionaries. KW - overseas mission. KW - prayer. KW - preachers. KW - religion. KW - religious advocacy. KW - religious. KW - short term volunteer efforts. KW - social organization. KW - spiritual. KW - stereotypes. KW - voice of religion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77895243 AB - In Boundless Faith, the first book to look systematically at American Christianity in relation to globalization, Robert Wuthnow shows that American Christianity is increasingly influenced by globalization and is, in turn, playing a larger role in other countries and in U.S. policies and programs abroad. These changes, he argues, can be seen in the growth of support at home for missionaries and churches in other countries and in the large number of Americans who participate in short-term volunteer efforts abroad. These outreaches include building orphanages, starting microbusinesses, and setting up computer networks. Drawing on a comprehensive survey that was conducted for this book, as well as several hundred in-depth interviews with church leaders, Wuthnow refutes several prevailing stereotypes: that U.S. churches have turned away from the global church and overseas missions, that congregations only look inward, and that the growing voice of religion in areas of foreign policy is primarily evangelical. This fresh and revealing book encourages Americans to pay attention to the grass-roots mechanisms by which global ties are created and sustained. ER -