Mark Killian

Religious Vitality in Christian Intentional Communities

A Comparative Ethnographic Study

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Produktbeschreibung

Using ethnographic research methods, this book examines the religious vitality of two Christian intentional communities. The book argues that explanations of religious vitality are irreducible to one another, concluding that explanations of religious vitality exist in a nexus, rather than previously conceived cause and effect relationships.

Produktdetails

• Ethnographies of Religion
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781498546607
• ISBN-10: 1498546609
• Artikelnr.: 48692919

Autorenporträt

Mark Killian is assistant professor of sociology at Whitworth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Christian Intentional Communities 1. Religious Vitality: Understanding the Argument 2. A Deeper Look at Philadelphia and Berea 3. Why People Joined Berea and Philadelphia: Structure
Agency
and Religious Vitality 4. Prophecy
Egalitarianism
and a Beautifully Broken Building: Charisma in Philadelphia and Berea 5. Cultural Antiphony: Identity
Praxis
and Social Control in Philadelphia 6. The Parish Consciousness: Identity
Praxis
and Ecology in Berea Conclusion: The Religious Vitality Nexus