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The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders Are Changing the Religious Landscape

The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders Are Changing the Religious Landscape

Christerson, Brad
Flory, Richard

Hardcover

Series: Global Pentecost Charismat Christianity

General ChristianityGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0190635673
ISBN13: 9780190635671
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 1 2017
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Why, when traditionally organized religious groups are seeing declining membership and participation, are networks of independent churches growing so explosively? Drawing on in-depth interviews with leaders and participants, The Rise of Network Christianity explains the social forces behind the fastest-growing form of Christianity in the U.S., which Brad Christerson and Richard Flory have labeled Independent Network Charismatic. This form of Christianity emphasizes aggressive engagement with the supernatural-including healing, direct prophecies from God, engaging in spiritual warfare against demonic spirits--and social transformation. Christerson and Flory argue that macro-level social changes since the 1970s, including globalization and the digital revolution, have given competitive advantages to religious groups organized as networks rather than traditionally organized congregations and denominations.

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