Ecclesial identification beyond late modern individualism? : a case study of life strategies in growing late modern churches /

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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Main Author: Tangen, Karl Inge.

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.

Subjects:

Hillsong Church London (London, England)
Church growth > Europe > Case studies.
Pentecostal churches > Denmark > Copenhagen > Case studies.
Identification (Religion) > Case studies.

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Call Number: BV652.25 .T36 2012

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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.