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Ecclesial Identification Beyond Late Modern Individualism?: A Case Study of Life Strategies in Growing Late Modern Churches (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies): 10 Approx. 441 Pp. ed. Edition
Author(s): Karl Inge Tangen (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2012
- Edition: Approx. 441 Pp. ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 408 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004206175
- ISBN-13: 9789004206175
Book Description
Why do some late modern churches grow, counter to the trend in Western Europe? Why do people identify with such churches – and does identification lead to morally transforming commitments beyond late modern consumerism? This case study investigates these questions based on ‘real life’ or empirical research, which include both the level of individual life strategies and organisational practice in two growing European churches. This innovative and interdisciplinary study draws on recent findings in theology, moral philosophy, sociology and organisational psychology. Its findings may prove useful not only for scholars in these disciplines, it may also enrich the reflection of practitioners who seek to perform the difficult art of transformational leadership in a late modern context.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book is a rich, multi-layered approach towards understanding late modern quests for meaning and religious self-identification. […] Because this study presents not only a wealth of empirical data and useful theories but also in-depth discussions of methodology, it is a good example of the interaction between theology and the social science.”
Stefan Paas, Journal of Empirical Theology 25 (2012), 263-264.
Stefan Paas, Journal of Empirical Theology 25 (2012), 263-264.
About the Author
Karl Inge Tangen, PhD (2009) in Theology, MF The Norwegian School of Theology, is an associate professor at HLT The Norwegian School of Leadership and Theology.
