Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs Became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals

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Brian J. Miller (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, Wheaton College)

Sanctifying Suburbia

How the Suburbs Became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals

Brian J. Miller (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, Wheaton College)

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Oxford University Press Inc
16 April 2025

Religious issues & debates; Rural communities; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Population & demography; Social & cultural anthropology

The suburbs are home to the majority of Americans, including millions of evangelical Christians and thousands of evangelical congregations and organizations. And while American evangelicals are a potent force in society and politics, their connection to and embrace of the suburbs are rarely examined. How did white evangelicals come to see the suburbs as a promised land, home to the evangelical good life and to dense concentrations and networks of evangelical residents, churches big and small, and nonprofit organizations? This book systematically assesses how evangelicals became intertwined with the suburbs and what this means for evangelical life. Brian Miller shows how evangelical views of race and ethnicity, social class, and gender led to anti-urban sentiment, white flight, and the pursuit of racial exclusivity-all of which has led evangelicals to make the suburbs their physical and spiritual home. At the same time, clusters of evangelical organizations were planting themselves in the suburbs, drawing evangelicals out of the cities. Through sociological analysis, case studies of multiple communities with clusters of evangelical residents, and examinations of evangelical culture, Miller shows that in order to fully understand American evangelicals we must take a deeper look at how evangelicals embraced suburbs and how the suburbs shaped them.

By: Brian J. Miller (Professor of Sociology Professor of Sociology Wheaton College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9780197679630
ISBN 10: 0197679633
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 16 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

CONTENTS Preface: Evangelicals in Jesusland Chapter 1: Evangelicals, Suburbs, and the American Dream Chapter 2: Evangelicals and Suburbs: A History Chapter 3: Evangelicals and Other Protestant Groups Leave Chicago for the Suburbs Chapter 4: United Evangelicals Across (Parts of) America Chapter 5: The Holy Suburb of Wheaton, Illinois Chapter 6: ""Evangelical Meccas"": Clusters of Evangelical Organizations in Suburbs and Cities Chapter 7: Where Evangelicals and other American Religious Traditions Live, 1972-2016 Chapter 8: Evangelical Toolkits, Theology, and Suburbs Conclusion

Brian J. Miller is Professor of Sociology at Wheaton College, and co-author of Building Faith: A Sociology of Religious Structures.