{"product_id":"handbook-of-megachurches-9789004399884","title":"Handbook of Megachurches","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe growth of the megachurch (generally defined as a regular attendance of over 2,000 people) is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional religious trends of recent times, certainly within the Christian sphere. Spreading from the USA, megachurches have now become common globally - reaching different national and cultural contexts. The edited volume Handbook of Megachurches offers a comprehensive account of the subject from various academic perspectives: sociology, religious studies, religious history and religious studies among them. Topics covered include: the historical developments and growth, typologies, theology, popular culture, revivalism, social engagement, and the manifestation of megachurches in such countries as Canada, Russia, India and Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword   David G. Bromley  Notes on Contributors     Introduction: The Megachurch Phenomenon   Stephen Hunt    Part 1: Megachurches in Perspective   1 Seeking Souls, Selling Salvation: A History of the Modern Megachurch   Charity Rakestraw   2 The Growth of the Megachurch   David E. Eagle   3 Toward a Typology of the Megachurch   J. Gordon Melton   4 Megachurches and Popular Culture: On Enclaving and Encroaching   Simon Coleman and Saliha Chattoo   5 “Your Church Can Grow!” – A Contextual Theological Critique of Megachurches   Martyn Percy    Part 2: Dynamics and Trajectories   6 Megachurches in the Religious Marketplace   Marc von der Ruhr   7 Megachurches as Total Environments   James K. Wellman Jr., Katie E. Corcoran and Kate J. Stockly   8 Megachurches as Educational Institutions   Mark J. Cartledge   9 Horse and Carriage? Megachurches and Revivalism   Stephen Hunt   10 ‘The Evangelisation of the Nation, the Revitalisation of the Church and the Transformation of Society’: Megachurches and Social Engagement   Andrew Davies    Part 3: Global Contexts   11 Megachurches and ‘Reverse Mission’   Richard Burgess   12 Megachurches in Canada   Michael Wilkinson and Peter Schuurman   13 Megachurches in Russia and Other parts of the former Soviet Union   Torsten Löfstedt   14 Global, ‘Glocal’ and Local Dynamics in Calvary Temple: India’s Fastest Growing Megachurch   Jonathan D. James   15 Sacred Surplus and Pentecostal Too-Muchness: The Salvation Economy of African Mega-Churches   Asonzeh Ukah   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210775355735,"sku":"9789004399884","price":144.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-of-megachurches-9789004399884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}