“I Grew Up a Working-Class Evangelical”

This article explores three ways intersubjectivity is implicated inan ethnography of the lived experience of members of an interfaith and labor coalition.First challenging dualistic thinking and the strict application of typologies, Iemphasize the importance of understanding faith practices through the study of livedexperience. When one studies lived experience, several layers of intersubjectivity areat play. Because I grew up in a religious, working-class family, aspects of my life nowserve as cultural capital in understanding the daily challenges of coalitionparticipants who redefine the institutional boundaries between religion and work.Furthermore, field interactions between the researcher and participants affect members’explanations of their activism. Finally, the life of the ethnographer is affected by theoverall experience of fieldwork