Sacred Subdivisions : : The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism / / Justin Wilford.
In an era where church attendance has reached an all-timelow, recent polling has shown that Americans are becomingless formally religious and more promiscuous in their religiouscommitments. Within both mainline and evangelicalChristianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizingpressures and...
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Wilford, Justin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sacred Subdivisions : The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism / Justin Wilford. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sacred Archipelagos -- 3. Sacred Scenes -- 4. Purpose Driven Pluralities -- 5. Purpose Driven Places -- 6. Purpose Driven Planet -- 7. Purpose Driven Politics -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Notes -- Bibliography -- index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In an era where church attendance has reached an all-timelow, recent polling has shown that Americans are becomingless formally religious and more promiscuous in their religiouscommitments. Within both mainline and evangelicalChristianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizingpressures and increasing competition from nonreligioussources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that hasenjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelicalmegachurch. Evangelical megachurches not onlycontinue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political,and economic influence. To appreciate their appeal is tounderstand not only how they are innovating, but more crucially,where their innovation is taking place.In this groundbreaking and interdisciplinary study, Justin G.Wilford argues that the success of the megachurch is hingedupon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringeof large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and itsfocus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as smallgroup meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburbanlife as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging.Based on original fieldwork at Rick Warren’s SaddlebackChurch, one of the largest and most influential megachurchesin America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelicalmegachurches thrive by transforming mundane secularspaces into arenas of religious significance. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Church growth United States History 21st century. Evangelicalism United States History 21st century. RELIGION / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814725351 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814725351.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814708309 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814708309/original |
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