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Wilford, Justin G.

Sacred subdivisions : the postsuburban transformation of American evangelicalism / Justin G. Wilford. - New York : New York University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Sacred archipelgaos: spaces of secularization -- Sacred scenes: postsuburbia and evangelical performance -- Purpose driven pluralities: variety, consumption and choice in postdenominational evangelicalism -- Purpose driven places: small performances in big churches -- Purpose driven planet: the globalization of evangelical postsuburbia -- Purpose driven politics: the saddleback civil forum and the new civility of evangelism -- Conclusion: assembling spaces of fusion, de-fusion, and diffusion in the postsuburban landscape.

In an era where church attendance has reached an all-time low, recent polling has shown that Americans are becoming less formally religious and more promiscuous in their religious commitments. Within both mainline and evangelical Christianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizing pressures and increasing competition from nonreligious sources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that has enjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelical megachurch. Evangelical megachurches not only continue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political, and economic influence.


English.

ISBN: 9780814708309 0814708307 9780814708392 0814708390

Standard No.: 40021587864 10.18574/9780814708309 doi

Source: 22573/ctt8jvk8k JSTOR

LCCN: 2012024951

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Saddleback Valley Community Church (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Saddleback Valley Community Church (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Saddleback Valley Community Church (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Saddleback Church
Saddleback Church.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2000-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Church growth--History--United States--21st century.
Evangelicalism--History--United States--21st century.
Église--Expansion--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
Évangélisme--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
RELIGION--General.
Church growth
Evangelicalism
Evangelikale Bewegung
Evangelikale Bewegung.
Megakirche.
Religionssoziologie.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Church history--21st century.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--21e siècle.
United States
USA
USA.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Church history
History

LC Class. No.: BR526 / .W533 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 277.3/083