The megachurch and the mainline: remaking religious tradition in the twenty-first century

"Focusing on the innovations of several mainline Protestant churches in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stephen Ellingson's The Megachurch and the Mainline provides new understandings of the transformation of spiritual traditions. For Ellingson, these particular congregations typify a new type...

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Главный автор: Ellingson, Stephen 1962- (Автор)
Формат: Print
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Chicago [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2007
В:Год: 2007
Обзоры:The Megachurch and the Mainline: Remaking Religious Tradition in the Twenty-first Century, by Stephen Ellingson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007, 256 pp.; 19.00 USD (paper), 48.00 USD (cloth) (2008) (Shoemaker, Stephen P.)
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B USA / Религия / Изменение (мотив)
B USA / Рост церковной общины / Евангельское движение
Другие ключевые слова:B Christian Sects
B Church History of doctrines
B Tradition (Theology)
B Big churches
B Church renewal
B Protestant Churches
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Итог:"Focusing on the innovations of several mainline Protestant churches in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stephen Ellingson's The Megachurch and the Mainline provides new understandings of the transformation of spiritual traditions. For Ellingson, these particular congregations typify a new type of Lutheranism--one which combines the evangelical approaches that are embodied in the growing legion of megachurches with American society's emphasis on pragmatism and consumerism. Here Ellingson provides vivid descriptions of congregations as they sacrifice hymns in favor of rock music and scrap traditional white robes and stoles for Hawaiian shirts, while also making readers aware of the long history of similar attempts to Americanize the Lutheran tradition. This is an important examination of a religion in flux--one that speaks to the growing popularity of evangelicalism in America."--Publisher description
"Focusing on the innovations of several mainline Protestant churches in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stephen Ellingson's The Megachurch and the Mainline provides new understandings of the transformation of spiritual traditions. For Ellingson, these particular congregations typify a new type of Lutheranism--one which combines the evangelical approaches that are embodied in the growing legion of megachurches with American society's emphasis on pragmatism and consumerism. Here Ellingson provides vivid descriptions of congregations as they sacrifice hymns in favor of rock music and scrap traditional white robes and stoles for Hawaiian shirts, while also making readers aware of the long history of similar attempts to Americanize the Lutheran tradition. This is an important examination of a religion in flux--one that speaks to the growing popularity of evangelicalism in America."--Publisher description
Примечание:Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index
ISBN:0226204898