“A Brotherhood of Believers”: Religious Identity and Boundary-Work in a Christian Fraternity

This article investigates how Christian fraternity members strategically counter the “identity lockbox” phenomenon during a period when religious identity often drifts into the background for most college students. This study consists of in-depth interviews with members of a southeastern Christian f...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gurrentz, Benjamin T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2014
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-135
Online Access: Volltext (JSTOR)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1819428478
003 DE-627
005 20221020053800.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 221020s2014 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1093/socrel/srt049  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1819428478 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1819428478 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Gurrentz, Benjamin T.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
109 |a Gurrentz, Benjamin T.  |a Gurrentz, Benjamin 
245 1 0 |a “A Brotherhood of Believers”: Religious Identity and Boundary-Work in a Christian Fraternity 
264 1 |c 2014 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This article investigates how Christian fraternity members strategically counter the “identity lockbox” phenomenon during a period when religious identity often drifts into the background for most college students. This study consists of in-depth interviews with members of a southeastern Christian fraternity and supplemental participant observation data in order to investigate religious identity in college. Results show that Christian fraternity members protect and foster their religious identity through three main strategies of boundary-work: evoking spiritual purpose, establishing moralistic bylaws, and reinforcing full commitment. The fraternity's spiritual purpose functions as the group's ethos, while moralistic bylaws and full commitment function as practical applications of the organization's ethos. Findings suggest that these three symbolic and practical strategies act as distancing mechanisms from other fraternities, students who embrace the college “party culture,” and members who are perceived as “uncommitted” to the fraternity's values and practices. 
601 |a La fraternité 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Sociology of religion  |d Oxford : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1993  |g 75(2014), 1, Seite 113-135  |w (DE-627)341903728  |w (DE-600)2070139-1  |w (DE-576)263021270  |x 1759-8818  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:75  |g year:2014  |g number:1  |g pages:113-135 
856 |3 Volltext  |u http://www.jstor.org/stable/24580063  |x JSTOR 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srt049  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article/75/1/113/1647475  |x Verlag  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4199334505 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1819428478 
LOK |0 005 20221020053800 
LOK |0 008 221020||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-09-27#44C674E69665495F292F02E5C980477966300E10 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 866   |x JSTOR#http://www.jstor.org/stable/24580063 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL