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020			_a9780764207464 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aBR1642.U5 _bW75 2010
082	0	0	_a277.3/083 _222
100	1		_aWright, Bradley R. Entner
245	1	0	_aChristians are hate-filled hypocrites-- and other lies you've been told : _ba sociologist shatters myths from the secular and Christian media / _cBradley R.E. Wright.
260			_aMinneapolis, Minn. : _bBethany House, _cc2010.
300			_a249 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249).
505	0		_aWhy do we hear so much bad news about Christianity? -- Is American Christianity on the brink of extinction? -- Are we losing our young people? What will happen in the future? -- Are evangelicals all poor, uneducated, southern whites? -- Do Christians think and do Christian things? -- Have Christians gone wild? -- Do Christians love others? -- What do non-christians think of us? -- What do we make of it all? -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: identifying evangelical Christians -- Appendix 2: data sets -- Appendix 3: bivariate vs. multivariate analysis -- Appendix 4: statistical significance.
520			_a"A research sociologist uses statistics to reveal the state of the Evangelical Church, showing that the church is in better shape than the secular and Christian media claims"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aEvangelicalism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aChristianity _zUnited States.
650		0	_aChristianity _vControversial literature.
650		0	_aMass media in religion _zUnited States.
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