That is, choices about geographic habits are rarely brought under any type of theological interrogation; in other words, they might not be “choices” at all, but rather the sort of automatic outcomes of habits acquired through practices that operate below the radar of reflection. In short, many evangelicals — like many Americans more generally — fail to think critically about geography and location. In an echo of Emerson and Smith’s argument regarding race, we see from these interviews that evangelical spirituality also has deep ramifications for attitudes regarding the city and geographical
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