Book Summary
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
Book Details
| Book Name | The Megachurch And The Mainline: Remaking Religious Tradition In The Twenty-First Century |
| Author | Stephen Ellingson |
| Publisher | University Of Chicago Press (May 2007) |
| ISBN | 9780226204901 |
| Pages | 251 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 692 |