03157nam 22007934a 450 991095879130332120200520144314.09786611956776978128195677412819567759780226204925022620492810.7208/9780226204925(CKB)1000000000578823(EBL)408559(OCoLC)476229634(SSID)ssj0000200910(PQKBManifestationID)11184507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200910(PQKBWorkID)10231578(PQKB)11201239(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122975(MiAaPQ)EBC408559(DE-B1597)523279(OCoLC)1058534421(DE-B1597)9780226204925(Au-PeEL)EBL408559(CaPaEBR)ebr10266034(CaONFJC)MIL195677(Perlego)1850535(EXLCZ)99100000000057882320060803d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe megachurch and the mainline remaking religious tradition in the twenty-first century /Stephen EllingsonChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226204901 0226204901 9780226204895 0226204898 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.The restructuring of American religious traditions -- The trouble with tradition -- Constructing the catalysts of change -- Reframing the tradition -- In the image of evangelicalism -- Conflict, compromise, and consensus -- Tradition and change in the American religious landscape.Religious traditions provide the stories and rituals that define the core values of church members. Yet modern life in America can make those customs seem undesirable, even impractical. As a result, many congregations refashion church traditions so they may remain powerful and salient. How do these transformations occur? How do clergy and worshipers negotiate which aspects should be preserved or discarded?Focusing on the innovations of several mainline Protestant churches in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stephen Ellingson's The Megachurch and the Mainline provides newChurch renewalChurchHistory of doctrinesTradition (Theology)Big churchesChristian sectsProtestant churchesChurch renewal.ChurchHistory of doctrines.Tradition (Theology)Big churches.Christian sects.Protestant churches.262.001/7Ellingson Stephen1962-1809683MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958791303321The megachurch and the mainline4360605UNINA