Technology, Management and the Evangelical Church

ISBN-13: 9781476678160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 366 str.

John Weaver

Opis

Explores the technological innovations and management practices of evangelical Christian religions. Beginning with a historical look from the late 19th century, the book examines the evangelical church's increasing appropriation of business practices from the secular world as solutions to organisational problems.

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments viii
• Preface 1
• Acronyms 6
• Introduction 8
• 1. The Origins of Evangelical Management Culture 25
• 2. The Church Growth Movement and the Birth of Modern Metricspirituality 95
• 3. Cybernetics, Computers and Christ: How Systems Theory Helped Found the Modern Religious Right 115
• 4. Networked Churches and the Rise of Church Toyota 194
• 5. The Christian Right's Technological Infrastructure 239
• 6. The Evangelical Web 274
• Conclusion: Managing the Future 296
• Glossary 311
• Chapter Notes 319
• Works Cited 325
• Index 351