Ecclesial identification beyond late modern individualism? : a case study of life strategies in growing late modern churches /
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 e...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
Series:
Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
10.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223301.
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Call Number: BV652.25 .T36 2012
| Summary: | 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 research, which include both the level of individual life strategies and organisational practice in two growing European churches. This innovative and interdisciplinary study draws on recent findings in theology, moral philosophy, sociology and organisational psychology. Its findings may prove useful not only for scholars in these disciplines, it may also enrich the reflection of practitioners who seek to perform the difficult art of transformational leadership in a late modern context. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Norwegian School of Theology, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-381) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004184800 |
| ISSN: | 1876-2247 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |