Wilford, Justin G.

Sacred subdivisions the postsuburban transformation of American evangelicalism / [electronic resource] : Justin G. Wilford. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Introduction -- Sacred archipelgaos: spaces of secularization -- Sacred scenes: postsuburbia and evangelical performance -- Purpose driven pluralities: variety, consumption and choice in postdenominational evangelicalism -- Purpose driven places: small performances in big churches -- Purpose driven planet: the globalization of evangelical postsuburbia -- Purpose driven politics: the saddleback civil forum and the new civility of evangelism -- Conclusion: assembling spaces of fusion, de-fusion, and diffusion in the postsuburban landscape.

9780814708309 (electronic bk.) 0814708307 (electronic bk.) 9780814708392 (electronic bk.) 0814708390 (electronic bk.)


Saddleback Valley Community Church (Mission Viejo, Calif.)


Church growth--History--United States--21st century.
Evangelicalism--History--United States--21st century.
RELIGION / Christianity / History


United States--Church history--21st century.


Electronic books.

BR526 / .W533 2012eb

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