| Description |
1 online resource (470 pages) |
| Series |
Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, 1874-6691 ; volume 12 |
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Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 12.
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| Contents |
Preliminary Material / Stephen Hunt -- Introduction / Stephen Hunt -- Varieties of Protestant Life: Some Sketches on Enculturation and Ecclesiology / Martyn Percy -- Roman Catholicism: A Communication Impasse / Angela Coco -- Orthodox Churches in Contemporary Contexts / Maria Hämmerli -- Global Saints: Conservative Christianity in the Early Twenty-first Century / Joseph Williams -- The Charismatic Renewal: History, Diversity, Complexity / Joshua R. Ziefle -- Religious Orders and Monastic Communities: Sociological Perspectives / Stefania Palmisano -- Revolutionary Monasticism?: Franciscanism and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy as a Hermeneutic Dilemma of Contemporary Catholicism / Giulia Marotta -- Liturgy, Text, Performance: From Pamphlet to Powerpoint in the Practise of Christian Worship / Martin Stringer -- Affiliation, Practice, Belief, Attitude, and Orientation / Leslie J. Francis -- Vicarious Belonging and the Persistence of Institutional Christianity / Abby Day -- Forcing the Kingdom: The 'Over-realised' Eschatology of Contemporary Christian Post-millenarianism / Stephen Hunt -- The Prosperity Gospel: Debating Charisma, Controversy and Capitalism / Simon Coleman -- Hillsong: Australia's Megachurch / Elizabeth Miller -- The Emerging Church: Intentionally Marginalised Community / Josh Packard -- Healed by Death: Santa Muerte, the Curandera / R. Andrew Chesnut -- The Brethren Movement: From Itinerant Evangelicals to Introverted Sectarians / Bernard Doherty -- Seventh-day Adventists: An Apocalyptic Christian Movement in Search for Identity / Christian Feichtinger -- From the Children of God to the Family International: A Story of Radical Christianity and De-radicalising Transformation / Eileen Barker -- Jehovah's Witnesses: Anticipating Armageddon / George D. Chryssides -- Mormonism in America: Itinerary to Allegiance from Joseph Smith to Mitt Romney / Carter Charles -- Index / Stephen Hunt |
| Summary |
"The Handbook of Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions & Allegiance traces how the largest religion in the world is increasingly expressed in energetic global forms -- leading to fresh modes of organisation, belonging, believing, and traditional and syncretic movements"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christianity -- 21st century.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christianity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hunt, Stephen, 1954- editor.
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| LC no. |
2015048849 |
| ISBN |
9789004310780 |
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9004310789 |
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