The Routledge Handbook of Megachurches

ISBN-13: 9781032120072 / Twarda / 2024 / 576 str.

Opis

This Handbook provides a survey of global megachurch phenomena, providing 33 chapters from an international slate of authors introducing existing and emerging research on a wide variety of relevant topics.

Spis treści

Introduction Afe Adogame, Chad M. Bauman, Damaris Parsitau, and Jeaney Yip  Part 1: Geographical Overviews 1. North America Scott Thumma  2. Latin America Henri Gooren, Hans Geir Aasmundsen, Joaquín Algranti, Virginia Garrard, and Ramiro Jaimes Martínez  3. Europe Abel Ugba  4. Central Africa Henrietta Nyamnjoh and Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot  5. East and Southern Africa Chammah J. Kaunda and Yabibal Teklu  6. Southeast Asia and AustraliaYan Liu and Chang-Yau Hoon  7. East and South Asia Jungyeon Yi and Chad M. Bauman  Part 2: Transnational Connections  8. African Megachurch Missions Abroad Babatunde Adedibu  9. African Diasporic Megachurches in Europe Richard Burgess  10. Korean Diasporic Megachurches in the United States Hyemin Na  11. Transnational Lusophone Megachurches Andrew Johnson  12. Networking and Collaboration Allison L. Norton  Part 3: Megachurch Worship  13. The Transnationalization of Megachurch Music Tom Wagner  14. The Production and Performance of Multi-Sensory Worship Services Katja Rakow  15. Affect, Effervescence, and the Megachurch Ritual Cycle Kate J. Stockly 16. Preaching Felicity Apaah  Part 4: Hermeneutics and Theology in Practice  17. Prosperity and the Therapeutic Turn Jayeel Cornelio  18. Charismatic Gifts J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu  19. Deliverance Naomi Richman  Part 5: Institutional Dynamics  20. Theories of Growth Chad M. Bauman  21. How and Why People Participate in Megachurches Warren Bird and Scott Thumma  22. Leadership Ed Stetzer and Andrew MacDonald  23. Megachurches’ First Ladies  Damaris Parsitau and Abimbola Adelakun  24. Marketing and the Business of God  Jeaney Yip and Susan Ainsworth  25. Controversies, Scandals, and Crises Dodeye U. Williams  Part 6: Social Context  26. Urbanisms and Imaginaries of Space Daniel P. S. Goh  27. Ethnicity and Multiculturalism  Sarbeswar Sahoo  28. Class Terence Chong  29. Youth Wanjiru M. Gitau  30. Gender and Sexuality Kim Knibbe and Marju-Riika Komulainen  31. Social Media and Pop Culture Kathleen Openshaw and Adam Possamai  32. Aesthetics, Architecture, and Ambition  Simon Coleman Part 7: Response  33. Response: Revivalism and the Meaning of Megachurches Timothy Wadkins Index

O autorze

Afe Adogame is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society and Chair of History and Ecumenics Department at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA.

Chad M. Bauman is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Butler University in Indianapolis, USA.

Damaris Parsitau is Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies and the Director of the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, Calvin University, USA.

Jeaney Yip is Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Sydney, Australia.