Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE A 'weird babel of tongues': charisma in the modern world; CHAPTER TWO 'Faith which conquers the world': globalisation and charisma; CHAPTER THREE Sweden: national 'state' and global 'site'; CHAPTER FOUR The Word of Life: organising global culture; CHAPTER FIVE Words: from narrative to embodiment; CHAPTER SIX Aesthetics: from iconography to architecture; CHAPTER SEVEN Broadcasting the faith; CHAPTER EIGHT Expansive agency; CHAPTER NINE Contesting the nation; CHAPTER TEN The Word and the world
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Summary
Charismatic Christianity is presented through its material culture - art, architecture and consumer products - as well as its rhetoric and theology. This book provides an account of the incorporation of electronic media such as television, videos and the Internet into Christian worship