Ecclesial identification beyond late modern individualism? : : a case study of life strategies in growing late modern churches / / by Karl Inge Tangen.
Why do some late modern churches grow, counter to the trend in Western Europe? Why do people identify with such churches – and does identification lead to morally transforming commitments beyond late modern consumerism? This case study investigates these questions based on ‘real life’ or empirical r...
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| Superior document: | Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, v. 10 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ;
v. 10. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Norwegian School of Theology, 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introducing the Quest: Why and How to Read This Study
- Theory: Consulting the Wise
- Contexts – Churches, Cities and Nations
- Persons – Stories From Copenhagen
- Persons – Stories From London
- Organisational Foci – Why Do People Identify?
- Organisational Foci and Individual Integration
- Are Transformational Commitments Formed?
- Towards a Typology of Ecclesial Life Strategies
- Summary and Conclusions
- Rethinking Transformational Leadership and Participation
- Appendix A: Epistomological Issues: Theology, Critical Realism and the Social Sciences
- Appendix B: Methods and Material
- Bibliography and References
- Index.