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The Megachurch and the Mainline

Author : Stephen Ellingson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226204928
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Megachurch and the Mainline written by Stephen Ellingson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious traditions provide the stories and rituals that define the core values of church members. Yet modern life in America can make those customs seem undesirable, even impractical. As a result, many congregations refashion church traditions so they may remain powerful and salient. How do these transformations occur? How do clergy and worshipers negotiate which aspects should be preserved or discarded? 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.

The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

Author : James K. Wellman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252068041
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto written by James K. Wellman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the nation's best known churches, Fourth Presbyterian is a thriving mainline church housed in an elegant Gothic building in Chicago's wealthy Gold Coast neighborhood. Less than a mile to the west is another world: the Cabrini-Green low- income housing projects. In this evenhanded account, James Wellman surveys the church's history of balancing its theological aims and its social boundaries and sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of liberal Protestantism as a modern religious institution. Wellman shows how Fourth Presbyterian has moved from an establishment congregation to what he calls a lay liberal church working to overcome class and race inequality in its urban context while carving out its institutional identity in an increasingly pluralistic environment. By examining the church's four main leaders over the course of the century, Wellman tracks Fourth Presbyterian's gradual shift away from an evangelical role and toward the current focus on service, epitomized in the church's main outreach program, an extensive volunteer tutoring program that serves hundreds of Cabrini-Green residents each week. In documenting Fourth Presbyterian's struggle to meet the needs of its privileged congregants while challenging them to move beyond exclusive boundaries of race and class, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto opens a window into the past, present, and future of the Protestant mainline."

The Public Church

Author : Martin E. Marty
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725232146
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Public Church written by Martin E. Marty and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to discern and spell out the fascinating coalescence of churches in America today. Drawing on mainline Protestantism, the newer evangelicalism, and Roman Catholicism, this new community, or "community of communities," may be called a "public church" because it is particularly sensitive to the public order and to the interplay of its members as citizens and church people. In a world of increasing interreligious tensions and in an America growing weary of pluralism and freedom, the public church both fills a void and counters trends at home and abroad. Grounded in an historical understanding of the Christian churches in America, The Public Church draws on biblical, theological, and political motifs to offer a model for self-understanding and mission in the years ahead. It discusses the nature of the public church, its relation to the individual traditions from which it springs, its continuing reliance on the local congregation, its relation to the New Christian Right, and the political balance between left and right that must be maintained if the public church is to grow even more effective as a religious force and as a humane venture. In short, the book is an analysis of American Christianity in its newest and most exciting phase.

Handbook of Megachurches

Author : Stephen J. Hunt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004412921
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Megachurches written by Stephen J. Hunt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The megachurch is an exceptional recent religious trend, certainly within Christian spheres. Spreading from the USA, megachurches now reached reach different global contexts. The edited volume Handbook of Megachurches offers a comprehensive account of the subject from various academic perspectives.

The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America

Author : James Hudnut-Beumler
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231545037
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America written by James Hudnut-Beumler and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As recently as the 1960s, more than half of all American adults belonged to just a handful of mainline Protestant denominations—Presbyterian, UCC, Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and American Baptist. Presidents, congressmen, judges, business leaders, and other members of the elite overwhelmingly came from such backgrounds. But by 2010, fewer than 13 percent of adults belonged to a mainline Protestant church. What does the twenty-first century hold for this once-hegemonic religious group? In this volume, experts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the extraordinary decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. Contributors discuss the demographics of mainline Protestants; their beliefs, practices, and modes of worship; their political views and partisan affiliations; and the social and moral questions that unite and divide Protestant communities. Other chapters examine Protestant institutions, including providers of health care and education; analyze churches’ public voice; and probe what will come from a diminished role relative to other groups in society, especially the ascendant evangelicals. Far from going extinct, the book argues, the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in an American religious culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism.

Mainline to the Future

Author : Jackson W. Carroll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780664501228
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Mainline to the Future written by Jackson W. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the patterns of flourishing post-traditional church in America, Carroll proposes ways mainline churches can use those patterns to rejuvenate themselves.

Mainline Churches and the Evangelicals

Author : Richard G. Hutcheson
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mainline Churches and the Evangelicals written by Richard G. Hutcheson and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mainline to the Future

Author : Jackson W. Carroll
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664222536
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Mainline to the Future written by Jackson W. Carroll and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While others lament the declining attendance of mainline churches and blame it on an out-of-date tradition, Jackson Carroll offers a more hopeful perspective, arguing that they key to future vitality can be found in the same tradition. According to Carroll, the tension between tradition and change has always been part of the Protestant heritage, and he argues that now is a time when being faithful requires adaptation.

Mainline Christianity

Author : Jason S Lantzer
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814753337
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Mainline Christianity written by Jason S Lantzer and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Revolutionary War, Mainline Christianity has been comprised of the Seven Sisters of American Protestantism—the Congregational Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, the American Baptist Convention, and the Disciples of Christ. These denominations have been the dominant cultural representatives since the nineteenth century of how and where the majority of American Christians worship. Today, however, the Seven Sisters no longer represent most American Christians. The Mainline has been shrinking while evangelical and fundamentalist churches, as well as non denominational congregations and mega churches, have been attracting more and more members. In this comprehensive and accessible book, Jason S. Lantzer chronicles the rise and fall of the Seven Sisters, documenting the ways in which they stopped shaping American culture and began to be shaped by it. After reviewing and critiquing the standard decline narrative of the Mainline he argues for a reconceptualization of the Mainline for the twenty-first century, a new grouping of Seven Sisters that seeks to recognize the vibrancy of American Christianity.

From Mounds to Megachurches

Author : David Salter Williams
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820336381
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book From Mounds to Megachurches written by David Salter Williams and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping overview of the role religion, especially diverse denominations of Christianity, has played in Georgia's history, from pre-colonial days to the modern era, uses the stories of important figures to portray larger historical narratives and denominational battles.

Megachurches and Social Engagement

Author : Mark J. Cartledge
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004402659
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Megachurches and Social Engagement written by Mark J. Cartledge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the nature and significance of social engagement by megachurches using Anglican and African diaspora Pentecostal case studies. It describes the range of social engagement activities, offering explanations in term of theological motivations and the influence of globalisation.

High on God

Author : James Wellman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199827710
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book High on God written by James Wellman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focuses on the emotional, social, and religious dynamics that pull thousands of people into megachurches and how those churches make some feel like they are 'high on God' and can't wait to get their next spiritual 'hit'"--Publisher marketing.

Public Pulpits

Author : Steven M. Tipton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226804763
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Public Pulpits written by Steven M. Tipton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 2000 presidential election, debate over the role of religion in public life has followed a narrow course as pundits and politicians alike have focused on the influence wielded by conservative Christians. But what about more mainstream Christians? Here, Steven M. Tipton examines the political activities of Methodists and mainline churches in this groundbreaking investigation into a generation of denominational strife among church officials, lobbyists, and activists. The result is an unusually detailed and thoughtful account that upends common stereotypes while asking searching questions about the contested relationship between church and state. Documenting a wide range of reactions to two radically different events—the invasion of Iraq and the creation of the faith-based initiatives program—Tipton charts the new terrain of religious and moral argument under the Bush administration from Pat Robertson to Jim Wallis. He then turns to the case of the United Methodist Church, of which President Bush is a member, to uncover the twentieth-century history of their political advocacy, culminating in current threats to split the Church between liberal peace-and-justice activists and crusaders for evangelical renewal. Public Pulpits balances the firsthand drama of this internal account with a meditative exploration of the wider social impact that mainline churches have had in a time of diverging fortunes and diminished dreams of progress. An eminently fair-minded and ethically astute analysis of how churches keep moral issues alive in politics, Public Pulpits delves deep into mainline Protestant efforts to enlarge civic conscience and cast clearer light on the commonweal and offers a masterly overview of public religion in America.

Different Under God

Author : Terence Chong
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814414425
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Different Under God written by Terence Chong and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2013 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Different under God is the first substantial, comprehensive and scientific analysis of Christianity in Singapore, covering religious, social and political attitudes. This survey by Terence Chong and Hui Yew-Foong will be enthusiastically welcomed by todays sociologists and historians in the future. An important and timely contribution to the sociology of religion and to the study of Singapore.” —Bryan S. Turner, Presidential Professor of Sociology, the Graduate Centre, the City, University of New York, USA “This is a landmark study of Christianity in Singapore that is sorely needed today, not only to confirm many scholarly guesses, but also to dispel public stereotypes of Christians as homogeneously sheep-like or militant. Scholars and Singaporeans beware, Terence and Yew-Foong have started a fire that will enliven public discourse on religion and society for years to come.” —Daniel P.S. Goh, Assistant Professor of Sociology, National University of Singapore “Analysing individual and discussion-group responses from churchgoers in both mainline denominations and independent churches, this study grapples with a number of highly-relevant, even sensitive issues in contemporary Christianity: issues of moral values and attitudes (including those on sexuality and sexual orientation), money and giving, organizational belonging, governance, and others. While some of the findings and conclusions may reinforce broad perceptions of Christianity and churches in Singapore, others were quite eye-opening. Also useful for researchers, the study contains important data on respondents socio-economic backgrounds. All in all it is a most welcome scholarly contribution, and I expect that it will be a well-cited resource for future scholarship.” —Robbie B.H. Goh, Professor of English Literature, National University of Singapore

Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

Author : James K. Wellman
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426748442
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Rob Bell and a New American Christianity written by James K. Wellman and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Rob Bell the most important leader in the new American religious landscape?

American Mainline Religion

Author : Wade Clark Roof
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813512167
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book American Mainline Religion written by Wade Clark Roof and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wade Clark Roof and William McKinney argue that a new voluntarism is slowly eroding the old social and economic boundaries that once defined and separated religious groups and is opening new cleavages along moral and life-style lines. Nowhere has the impact of these changes been more profoundly felt than by the often-overlooked religious communities of the American center, or mainline--Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish. "American Mainline Religion" provides a new "mapping" of the families of American religion and the underlying social, cultural, and demographic forces that will reshape American religion in the century to come. Going beyond the headlines in daily newspapers, Roof and McKinney document the decline of the Protestant establishment, the rise of a more assimilated and public-minded Roman Catholicism, the place of black Protestantism and Judaism, and the resurgence of conservative Protestantism as a religious and cultural force.

The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

Author : James K. Wellman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto written by James K. Wellman and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the nation's best known churches, Fourth Presbyterian is a thriving mainline church housed in an elegant Gothic building in Chicago's wealthy Gold Coast neighborhood. Less than a mile to the west is another world: the Cabrini-Green low- income housing projects. In this evenhanded account, James Wellman surveys the church's history of balancing its theological aims and its social boundaries and sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of liberal Protestantism as a modern religious institution. Wellman shows how Fourth Presbyterian has moved from an establishment congregation to what he calls a lay liberal church working to overcome class and race inequality in its urban context while carving out its institutional identity in an increasingly pluralistic environment. By examining the church's four main leaders over the course of the century, Wellman tracks Fourth Presbyterian's gradual shift away from an evangelical role and toward the current focus on service, epitomized in the church's main outreach program, an extensive volunteer tutoring program that serves hundreds of Cabrini-Green residents each week. In documenting Fourth Presbyterian's struggle to meet the needs of its privileged congregants while challenging them to move beyond exclusive boundaries of race and class, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto opens a window into the past, present, and future of the Protestant mainline."