Handbook of Megachurches

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39988-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

Reihe: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion

The growth of the megachurch (generally defined as a regular attendance of over 2,000 people) is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional religious trends of recent times, certainly within the Christian sphere. Spreading from the USA, megachurches have now become common globally - reaching different national and cultural contexts. The edited volume Handbook of Megachurches offers a comprehensive account of the subject from various academic perspectives: sociology, religious studies, religious history and religious studies among them. Topics covered include: the historical developments and growth, typologies, theology, popular culture, revivalism, social engagement, and the manifestation of megachurches in such countries as Canada, Russia, India and Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunt, Stephen J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

David G. Bromley

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: The Megachurch Phenomenon

Stephen Hunt

Part 1: Megachurches in Perspective

1 Seeking Souls, Selling Salvation: A History of the Modern Megachurch

Charity Rakestraw

2 The Growth of the Megachurch

David E. Eagle

3 Toward a Typology of the Megachurch

J. Gordon Melton

4 Megachurches and Popular Culture: On Enclaving and Encroaching

Simon Coleman and Saliha Chattoo

5 “Your Church Can Grow!” – A Contextual Theological Critique of Megachurches

Martyn Percy

Part 2: Dynamics and Trajectories

6 Megachurches in the Religious Marketplace

Marc von der Ruhr

7 Megachurches as Total Environments

James K. Wellman Jr., Katie E. Corcoran and Kate J. Stockly

8 Megachurches as Educational Institutions

Mark J. Cartledge

9 Horse and Carriage? Megachurches and Revivalism

Stephen Hunt

10 ‘The Evangelisation of the Nation, the Revitalisation of the Church and the Transformation of Society’: Megachurches and Social Engagement

Andrew Davies

Part 3: Global Contexts

11 Megachurches and ‘Reverse Mission’

Richard Burgess

12 Megachurches in Canada

Michael Wilkinson and Peter Schuurman

13 Megachurches in Russia and Other parts of the former Soviet Union

Torsten Löfstedt

14 Global, ‘Glocal’ and Local Dynamics in Calvary Temple: India’s Fastest Growing Megachurch

Jonathan D. James

15 Sacred Surplus and Pentecostal Too-Muchness: The Salvation Economy of African Mega-Churches

Asonzeh Ukah

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Hunt, Ph.D. (2000), University of the West of England, is Associate Professor of the Sociology of Religion at that university. He has published numerous books and articles on contemporary Christianity including both volumes of the Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity (Brill).

Contributors are: Richard Burgess, Mark Cartledge, Saliha Chattoo, Simon Coleman, Katie Corcoran, Andrew Davies, David Eagle, Stephen Hunt, Jonathan James, Torsten Löfstedt, Gordon Melton, Martyn Percy, Charity Rakestraw, Peter Schuurman, Kate Stockly, Azoneh Ukah, Marc von der Ruhr, James Wellman, Michael Wilkinson. Foreworded by David Bromley.