Larger book, gray cloth spine, smooth dark blue boards, gilt lettering very bright on spine, 267 pages, three-line stamp of Florida District Unitarian Universalists on first front end paper. DJ shows isolated church on front, white spine and back with praise from Jonathan Raban, Judith Stacey, Joshua Gamson and others. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community's Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights

Publisher

Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0807079529

ISBN 13

9780807079522

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Synopsis

The author chronicles the economic decline of a small town in the Pacific Northwest and the concurrent rise of religiously fueled homophobia, a movement promoted by Lon Mabon, an outside agitator from the Oregon Citizens Alliance.

Review

By combining the meticulousness of an ethnographer with a writer's commitment to storytelling, Stein has written a book that's surprisingly compelling-or, better, compelling because it's surprising.--David L. Kirp, "The Nation"
"A fascinating look at the psychology of fear and persuasion." --Monica Drake, "The Oregonian"
"Every liberal ought to read this. . . . Arlene Stein provides an important depiction of life in a town which became a vortex of national and local issues."
Tex Sample, "Christian Century "
"What's especially valuable about Stein's book is her detailed look at each individual's take on the meaning of the campaign and her patient exploration of the wide variety of forces shifting the ground of these people's lives." --E. J. Graff, "American Prospect"
"This book displays interpretive sociology at its best." --Robert N. Bellah, coauthor of "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society"
"In her cogent analysis of just how sickeningly simple it is to create an 'other, ' a 'stranger' upon whom blame for our problems may be shifted, Stein has touched to the very heart of the social upheaval in America today." --Dan Hays, "Salem (Oreg.) Statesman-Journal"

"By combining the meticulousness of an ethnographer with a writer's commitment to storytelling, Stein has written a book that's surprisingly compelling-or, better, compelling because it's surprising." --David L. Kirp, The Nation

"A fascinating look at the psychology of fear and persuasion."--Monica Drake, The Oregonian

"Every liberal ought to read this. . . . Arlene Stein provides an important depiction of life in a town which became a vortex of national and local issues."--Tex Sample, Christian Century

"What's especially valuable about Stein's book is her detailed look at each individual's take on the meaning of the campaign and her patient exploration of the wide variety of forces shifting the ground of these people's lives."--E. J. Graff, American Prospect

"This book displays interpretive sociology at its best."--Robert N. Bellah, coauthor of Habits of the Heart and The Good Society

"In her cogent analysis of just how sickeningly simple it is to create an 'other, ' a 'stranger' upon whom blame for our problems may be shifted, Stein has touched to the very heart of the social upheaval in America today."--Dan Hays, Salem (Oreg.) Statesman-Journal

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