Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church | 
 enlarge | Author: Gerardo Marti
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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Pages: 234
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0813543495
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.9494083
EAN: 9780813543499
ASIN: 0813543495
Publication Date: August 30, 2008
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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.
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Religion and the Creative Class October 11, 2008
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Part history, part ethnography, part economic analysis - this is a rare book about American religion amidst changing race relations, advanced capitalism, and evangelicalism. Marti shows himself in this book to be a sociologist with keen insight to where Christianity has been in the past 100 years and vivid insight to where it might be in the next hundred. Favorite chapters on a quick read: 1, 6, 8, & 9.
Table of Contents
Preface and Aknowledgements
1. Introduction: Negotiating Holiness and Hollywood
2. The Making of a Star: Hollywood as Destination and Dream
3. Love and Hate between Hollywood and Christianity
4. Save the World, Starting in Hollywood
5. Celebrity, Heartache, and the Pressure to Make It
6. Religion: Playing at a Theater Near You
7. Fade to Black
8. Becoming Champions of Life
9. Conclusion: Religion in the Era of Identity Commodification
Appendix: Research Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Also check out A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church.
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