The megachurch and the mainline : remaking religious tradition in the twenty-first century / Stephen Ellingson.

By:

Ellingson, Stephen, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226204925
0226204928
1281956775
9781281956774

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Megachurch and the mainline.DDC classification:

262.001/7 22

LOC classification:

BV600.3 .E56 2007eb

Other classification:

11.05

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Contents:

The restructuring of American religious traditions -- The trouble with tradition -- Constructing the catalysts of change -- Reframing the tradition -- In the image of evangelicalism -- Conflict, compromise, and consensus -- Tradition and change in the American religious landscape.

Summary: 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 tra.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.

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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 tra.

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