Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church

Index

229 Index Academy Awards, 3, 21, 37 Act One, Inc., 63–65 Adams, Jane, 28, 47, 48 African American attenders, 5, 130–137 age of attenders, 6, 88, 118, 166. See also young adults Alexander, Jeffery, 14, 15 ambition: and economic success, 178–179, 184, 191–192; in Hollywood entertainment industry, 4, 9, 33–35, 167; individual versus collective, 9, 18, 130, 132, 154, 156, 169–173, 175, 191–192; and moral restraint, 4, 15–16, 17–18, 159, 164 Ammerman, Nancy, xi Anderson, Roberts Mapes, 121, 188 Anderson, Sheryl, 70, 85 Andrews, Dale, 132, 135, 136 anomie, 186 Anti-Hollywood Christians, 9–11, 82–84. See also Hollywood Christians Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,” 54 architecture and theater design, 48, 54–55, 82, 107–110, 111, 112–115, 204n3 (chap. 6) Armat, Thomas, 27 attendance levels, 3, 5, 105, 107, 128 Baehr, Ted (So You Want to Be in Pictures?), 62, 63, 72 Baer, Hans, 189 baptism of the Holy Spirit, 120–121, 167–168 Barley, Stephen, 182, 183 Barnett, Tommy, 41 Batali, Dean, 71, 85, 86 Batchler, Janet, 83 Behind the Screen (Lewerenz and Nicolosi), 64 Bellah, Robert, 155 Berger, Peter, 197 Bernhardt, Annette D., 181 Bible, 1, 12, 40, 42, 63, 100, 101, 103, 104; and film, 49, 52, 70, 76; study group in Beverly Hills, 3, 38, 105, 106; teaching and sermons , 17–18, 57, 68, 69, 82, 104, 111–119, 121–122, 123, 124, 131, 138, 140, 161 Black Bourgeoisie (Frazier), 135–136 Black church, the, 132, 134, 137–153, 161, 206n3 Blackwell, James, 136 Boch, Jonathan, 72 Booth, Herbert, 50 Boyd, Malcom, 67–68, 203n3 Brand You 50, The (Peters), 180 Brigdes, William, 180 Bright, Bill, 41 Briner, Robert (Roaring Lambs, Lambs among Wolves, The Final Roar), 70, 80–81, 82 Brouwer, Steve, 179–180 Brown, Dan (The Da Vinci Code), 12, 201– 202n7 (chap. 1) Brown, H. Rap, 133 Brown, James, 143 Bruce, David, 62 Caillois, Roger, 16 Calvary Chapel, 41, 106, 119 Campus Crusade for Christ, 41, 65 capitalism and religion, 13, 16, 179–180, 182, 187–189 Capra, Frank, 74 Carpenter, Joel, 189 Carroll, Jackson, 206n12 Cartwright, James H., 44 celebrity. See fame censorship and moral reform, 43–49, 55–57, 202n3 Champion of Life, 1, 3, 16, 122, 152, 154, 160, 167; ambition and disappointment, 131, 141, 154–155; collective identity, 158–159, 169, 173, 192; life purpose, 126, 155, 163–164, 169, 176, 177, 188 charismatic churches, 3, 6, 7, 118, 120, 187, 189. See also Pentecostalism Chase, William Shaefe, 44 Chaves, Maric, 129 Christian films, 50–52, 76–77, 82–86. See also film Church Growth Movement, 106–107, 192 Numbers in italics refer to figures 230 Index church: architecture, 48, 54–55, 82, 107–110, 111, 112–115, 204n3 (chap. 6); care ministries, 140–142, 146–152; diversification in, 3, 4, 5, 130–131, 136–137, 152–153, 206n1 (chap. 7); as family, 17–18, 148–152; Hollywood-friendly, 49, 58, 62, 66, 80–81, 203n32; mainline, 41, 128–129; megachurches, 5, 105, 128, 147, 154, 162; member assimilation, 162–164; moral imperatives, 15–18; new paradigm, 6–7, 116–117; seeker sensitive, 6–7, 100, 114–115, 117, 118–119, 121, 202n5; tradition and innovation , 5, 7, 8, 41, 52, 106–107, 110–111, 116, 128–129, 178, 190–192 Cocks, Orrin, 71 Coleman, Simon, 189 collective identity, 137, 154, 158–159, 163, 169, 173–175, 190–192 Collins, C. L, 72 Collins, Randall, 14 contract labor, 98, 180–183 conversion, 102–104 Copeland, Kenneth, 125, 205n9 Cose, Ellis (The Rage of a Privileged Class), 136 Covell, Karen and Jim, 85, 86 creative class, 4, 5, 7, 81, 91, 102, 177–187, 201n4 Crouch, Paul and Jan, 41, 82 Cruise, Tom, 94 Cruze, James, 34 Crystal Cathedral, 41 Culver, Harry, 30 Cunningham, David, L, 86 Cunningham, Loren, 86 Davidman, Lynn, xi Da Vinci Code, The (Brown), 12, 201–202n7 (chap. 1) DeLongre, Paul, 37 DeMille, Cecil, B., 39, 57, 77 demographics of membership, 5–8, 94, 118, 130, 149, 166 Dergarabedian, Paul, 78 Destiny Theater, 1, 21, 22, 34, 101, 105, 107– 115, 109, 129 Detweiler, Craig, 85 Devil, The. See Satan Dickson, William, Laurie, 27 Divergent Paths (Bernhardt, Morris, Handcock , and Scott), 181 Division of Labor in Society, The (Durkheim), 13, 151, 163, 186 Dream Center, The, 41 Durkheim, Emile, 4, 13, 159, 202n8 (chap. 1), 206–207n1; concern for morality, 64; The Division of Labor in Society, 13, 151, 163, 186; Elementary Forms of Religious Life...