The Mainline in Late Modernity: Tradition and Innovation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Couverture rigide

Freudenberg, Maren

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ISBN 10 : 1498555845 ISBN 13 : 9781498555845

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2017

Synopsis

In the last fifty years, religion in America has changed dramatically, and Mainline Protestantism is following suit. This book reveals a fundamental transformation taking place in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA is looking to postdenominational Christianity for inspiration on how to attract people to the pews, but is at the same time intent on preserving its confessional, liturgical tradition as much as possible in late modernity. As American religion grows increasingly experiential and individualistic, the ELCA is caught between its church heritage and a highly innovative culture that demands participative structures and a personal relationship with the divine. In the midst of this tension, the ELCA is deflating its church hierarchy and encouraging people to become involved in congregations on their own terms, while it continues to celebrate its confessional, liturgical identity. But can this balance between individual and institution be upheld in the long run? Or will the democratization and pluralization of the faith ultimately undermine the church? This book explores how the ELCA attempts to resist the forces of Americanization in late modernity even as it slowly but surely comes to resemble mainstream American religion more and more.

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À propos de l?auteur

Maren Freudenberg is research associate at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498555845
• ISBN 13: 9781498555845
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 242
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