Evangelical Identity and Contemporary Culture: A Congregational Study in Innovation (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought)

Guest, Mathew

ISBN 10: 1556358067 / ISBN 13: 9781556358067

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evangelical Identity and Contemporary Culture: A Congregational Study in Innovation (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought)
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556358067
• ISBN 13: 9781556358067
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Guest explores how evangelical congregations have appropriated the values and media of contemporary culture in the propagation of a Christian message and how this process has shaped evangelical identity. He builds on an ethnographic study of St Michael - le - Belfrey Church in York, England — a recognized leader in charismatic renewal and evangelical innovation since the 1960s. Guest shows how a persistent tradition of cultural engagement may generate growth, while at the same time bringing about significant changes in the structure and function of the evangelical congregation and in the social construction of Christian identity itself.

About the Author

Mathew Guest studied theology, religious studies, and sociology at the universities of Nottingham and Lancaster. He is now Lecturer in Theology and Society at Durham University, specializing in the sociological study of contemporary Christianity.