Sacred Subdivisions : The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism / Justin Wilford.
Wilford, Justin, author.
2012
BR526 .W533 2012
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Title Sacred Subdivisions : The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism / Justin Wilford.
Author Wilford, Justin, author.
ISBN 9780814708309
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814725351.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.18574/nyu/9780814725351.001.0001 doi
Call Number BR526 .W533 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 277.3083
Summary In an era where church attendance has reached an all-timelow, recent polling has shown that Americans are becomingless formally religious and more promiscuous in their religiouscommitments. Within both mainline and evangelicalChristianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizingpressures and increasing competition from nonreligioussources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that hasenjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelicalmegachurch. Evangelical megachurches not onlycontinue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political,and economic influence. To appreciate their appeal is tounderstand not only how they are innovating, but more crucially,where their innovation is taking place.In this groundbreaking and interdisciplinary study, Justin G.Wilford argues that the success of the megachurch is hingedupon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringeof large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and itsfocus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as smallgroup meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburbanlife as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging.Based on original fieldwork at Rick Warren's SaddlebackChurch, one of the largest and most influential megachurchesin America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelicalmegachurches thrive by transforming mundane secularspaces into arenas of religious significance.
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Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Sacred Archipelagos
3. Sacred Scenes
4. Purpose Driven Pluralities
5. Purpose Driven Places
6. Purpose Driven Planet
7. Purpose Driven Politics
8. Conclusion
Appendix A
Notes
Bibliography
index
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