The Promise Keepers Servants, Soldiers, and Godly Men

Author/creator Bartkowski, John P., 1966- Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPiscataway : Rutgers University Press
Description200 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation The evangelical men's movement widely known as the Promise Keepers-"PK" for short-captured America's imagination and generated intense controversy during the 1990s. PK promoted adherence to a strict code of conduct that masculinized conservative religious and social values. However, the movement now evokes little more than a hazy memory of football stadiums teeming with tear-stained faces and clasped arms that signaled spiritual transformation. What factors contributed to their demise, and what broader insights can be gleaned from the rapid rise and fall of the movement? This is the first book to consider the turbulent forces that contributed to the group's wild popularity, declining fortunes, and subsequent efforts to reinvent itself. John P. Bartkowski provides a broad and balanced portrait of the movement while evaluating its impact on the landscape of American religion.
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LCCN 2003009689
ISBN9780813533353
ISBN081353335X (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780813533353
Stock number00023046