Braunstein collected her data through ethnographic fieldwork with Interfaith and the Patriots between 2010 and 2012. She also conducted fifty interviews with participants in the two groups, including repeated interviews with selected core members. During the three years after she left the field, she had follow-up sections with selected participants in both groups to receive regular updates. In her book, she …show more content…
The interfaith included people from upper social class and the patriots have business owner.) Both groups used religion as a mean to offer value and moral guidance; providing a standard of goodness for the society which can solve their problems. She also brought our attention to the two cultural processes that they used to build their identity. They both drew selectively from American culture and history to develop a narrative of active citizenship, and they choose what practices are most appropriate for their course, or their identity. They both are organized in a way to most effectively express their views and opinions on