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Sacred Subdivisions: The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism

2012 New York University ;ISBN: 081472535X ;ISBN: 9780814725351 ;ISBN: 9780814708392 ;ISBN: 0814708390 ;EISBN: 9780814708309 ;EISBN: 0814708307 ;EISBN: 9780814708392 ;EISBN: 0814708390 ;DOI: 10.18574/9780814708309 ;OCLC: 818868984 ;LCCallNum: BR526.W533 2012

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  • Title:
    Sacred Subdivisions: The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism
  • Author: Wilford, Justin
  • Subjects: 21st century ; Big churches ; Church growth ; Church history ; Evangelicalism ; History ; RELIGION ; Saddleback Valley Community Church (Mission Viejo, Calif.) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion ; United States
  • Description: 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. To appreciate their appeal is to understand 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 hinged upon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringe of large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and its focus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as small group meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburban life as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging. Based on original fieldwork at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, one of the largest and most influential megachurches in America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelical megachurches thrive by transforming mundane secular spaces into arenas of religious significance.
  • Publisher: New York: NYU Press
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Format: 233
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 081472535X
    ISBN: 9780814725351
    ISBN: 9780814708392
    ISBN: 0814708390
    EISBN: 9780814708309
    EISBN: 0814708307
    EISBN: 9780814708392
    EISBN: 0814708390
    DOI: 10.18574/9780814708309
    OCLC: 818868984
    LCCallNum: BR526.W533 2012
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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