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For over three decades, the political leaders of the Christian Right have presented evangelical Protestantism as a static monolith and secular observers have eagerly ratified this picture. Drawing on a half-decade of ethnographic observation and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, Wes Markofski shatters this portrait to reveal the internal fault-lines within the evangelical 'field' and the ongoing conflicts that are radically reshaping it. Along the way, he provides an intimate portrait of the most dynamic element in contemporary evangelicalism: 'the new urban monastics.' Evangelical monastics, you say? Read on. --Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University

For over three decades, the political leaders of the Christian Right have presented evangelical Protestantism as a static monolith and secular observers have eagerly ratified this picture. Drawing on a half-decade of ethnographic observation and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, Wes Markofski shatters this portrait to reveal the internal fault-lines within the evangelical 'field' and the ongoing conflicts that are radically reshaping it. Along the way, he provides an intimate portrait of the most dynamic element in contemporary evangelicalism: 'the new urban monastics.' Evangelical monastics, you say? Read on. --Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University New Monasticism is an important addition to the sociology of religion... the ideas therein are significant --American Journal of Sociology

The book is ultimately an analysis of the ideas behind a movement: where they came from, and how they orient and justify action in the world. It has historical depth and ethnographic involvement that give real-life illumination to abstract ideas. -- Rhys H. Williams , Reading Religion Markofski's use of Bourdieusian field analysis as his primary theoretical framework is very illuminating. It helps us to understand how social and historical forces influence evangelical position-takings and helps to elucidate neomonasticism's relationship to the other relevant movements within American evangelicalism the book is extremely well researched and does an exceedingly good job of providing an illuminating map of the shifting American evangelical terrain. It is filled with original insightful observations and analyses at a time when the political and religious landscape of America is uneven. --Dennis Okholm, Journal of Reformed Theology Markofski's profound contribution is to demonstrate how American evangelicalism continues to innovate and evolve from within .Scholars studying evangelicalism and those interested in theory will find the discussion of the reproduction and transformation of the subculture especially compelling. --Sociology of Religion New Monasticism is an important addition to the sociology of religion... the ideas therein are significant --American Journal of Sociology For over three decades, the political leaders of the Christian Right have presented evangelical Protestantism as a static monolith and secular observers have eagerly ratified this picture. Drawing on a half-decade of ethnographic observation and the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, Wes Markofski shatters this portrait to reveal the internal fault-lines within the evangelical 'field' and the ongoing conflicts that are radically reshaping it. Along the way, he provides an intimate portrait of the most dynamic element in contemporary evangelicalism: 'the new urban monastics.' Evangelical monastics, you say? Read on. --Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University

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Wes Markofski is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Graduate Research Fellow in the Institute for Research on Poverty.

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