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Index 253 abolition, 14 abortion, 12–13, 17, 25, 105, 110, 170; and post-abortion programs, 39, 177; and pregnancy clinics, 102–3 accountability, 21, 29, 49, 142, 153–82, 184; “accountability groups,” 171; horizontal accountability, 176, 236n7; ideology of, 108, 170–76, 236nn5–7; and inner-city outreach, 158–59, 200– 203, 208–9; and nostalgia, 171–73; vertical accountability, 176, 180, 200– 201, 236n7. See also compassion activist orientations, 2, 24–27, 85, 119, 221, 227n14 adoption, 102 adult education classes, 101–2, 167–68, 188. affluence, 13, 22, 29, 40, 58–59, 75; and class status, 126–27, 131, 135, 140, 144; and inner-city outreach, 183, 194–96; and megachurches, 3–4, 12, 29, 38, 123, 138; and outreach mobilization, 89, 140, 185, 189. See also wealth Africa, 52, 234n6 African Americans, 75, 116–18, 158, 175–76, 202–4, 207, 215. See also black churches; race Agee, James, 66 agency, 2, 19, 22–24, 86, 168, 170 AIDS ministry. See HIV/AIDS ministry alcoholics, 106, 109, 113, 162–63, 179. See also substance abuse programs Allahyari, Rebecca, 132 altruism, 8, 18, 29, 161, 177, 211–12, 222, 223–24n2, 236n8; and charitable giving, 180; and inner-city outreach, 195, 198, 208; and socially engaged evangelicals, 18, 25, 85, 111, 156 American Dream, 122, 146 Andrews, Raymond (pseud.), 148, 158, 175–76, 178 antimaterialism, 8, 29, 122–52, 233n2, 234n7; and busyness, 122, 139, 146–50, 234n7; and consumerism, 122, 127, 130, 135, 139–43; and gender ideology, 123–25, 127, 129–30, 140, 233–34nn2,4; and social mobility, 122–23, 126–27, 132, 139, 143–46, 232–33n1, 234n6 antimodernism, 138–39, 184 apocalypticism, 3, 15–16, 150, 186, 227n11. See also premillennialism apostolic nostalgia, 171–73 Appalachia, 65, 67–71, 74, 183, 230nn2,3, 237n1; perceptions/stereotypes of, 67, 70, 74, 237n1 “Appalachian mentality,” 70, 74 Appalachian Regional Commission, 230n2 Armageddon, battle of, 15 Asad, Talal, 211 Ashcroft, John, 225–26n8 254 | Index Asia, 52, 234n6 Augustine, Saint, 187, 222 baby boomers, 45 Bakke, Ray, 144, 191 Baptists, 77, 83, 105, 116–17, 169, 218, 227n13 Barna, George, 102, 172 Barna Research Group, 54, 225n5 battered women, 93–94, 103. See also domestic violence Beck, Glenn, 218 Beidelman, T.O., 220 benevolence, organized, 2, 8, 23, 25–26, 51, 59, 85, 99, 113, 119; and class status, 122–23, 131, 140, 151; and compassion/accountability, 155, 168, 181; and inner-city outreach, 192, 211 Bialecki, Jon, 141–42 Bible: and accountability, 170–72, 236n5; archetypes, 87–88; authority of, 10, 39, 225n7, 227n11; biblical justice, 104–8, 111–12; biblical orthodoxy, 10–11, 43, 54, 105, 185, 237–38n2; and compassion, 101, 165, 167–70, 235n2; inerrancy of, 43, 46, 82; and inner-city outreach, 187, 193, 197–98, 206–7, 239n9; New International Version, 222; parables in, 114–15, 165, 167–70, 218, 232n3, 235n2; Scofield Reference Bible (1909), 15 Bible Belt, 6, 28, 46, 64, 68, 77–84 Bible study, 30, 33, 39, 48, 57, 105, 114, 146, 152, 171, 224n3 black churches, 114, 159, 196, 199–209; and accountability, 200–203, 208, 238– 39n7; Harvest Glory (church, pseud.), 44, 199–209; partnerships with, 44, 134, 184, 192, 195–97, 199–209, 239n10; Pastor Leon (Harvest Glory, pseud.), 200, 206; Pastor Terrence (pseud.), 195–96; pastors of, 27, 82–83, 158–60, 195–96, 200; as sister churches, 200–201; and tithing, 203, 238–39n7. See also inner-city outreach; race Blanchard, Kenneth, 54 Body of Christ, the, 20–21, 79, 125, 142. See also Jesus Christ Bourdieu, Pierre, 156, 180–81 Bowling Alone (Putnam), 210 Bright, Bill, 229n3 Buddhism, socially engaged, 224n3 burnout, 154, 169. See also compassion fatigue Bush, George W., 11–13, 153, 225–26n8, 236n6 busyness, 122, 139, 146–50, 234n7 Call to Renewal, 13 Calvinism, 166 Campus Crusade for Christ, 229n3 capitalism, 14–15, 19–20, 51, 55, 228– 29n2; and class status, 122, 126, 135, 142, 150, 232–33n1, 234n6; and innercity outreach, 203, 206; and social welfare, 179, 236n8 Catholicism, 4, 166, 223–24n2 charismatic churches, 54, 82, 105, 157, 195, 234n6, 237n9 Charitable Choice, 12, 225–26n8 charity work, 8, 12–15, 29, 34, 59, 99–100, 105–6, 112–14, 149, 215; and benign suspicion, 172–74, 181; and class status, 126, 131–32, 142–43, 148–49; and compassion/accountability, 155–56, 163, 165, 169, 172–81, 236nn4,8; and compassion fatigue, 153–57, 161, 169, 178, 181; and...
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