Gerardo Martí

Hollywood Faith

Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hollywood Faith shows how a multicultural evengelical congregation of 2,000 people accomodates itself to the entertainment industry and draws in many striving to succeed in this harsh and irreverent business. The Oasis Christian Center of Hollywood, CA strategically santifies 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780813543499
• ISBN-10: 0813543495
• Artikelnr.: 23440609

Autorenporträt

Marti, Gerardo

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
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 Pressue 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