02832nam a2200517Ki 4500 ocn858862147 OCoLC 20200709055944.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130924s2009 ilu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781461942238 (electronic bk.) 1461942233 (electronic bk.) 9780830833603 0830833609 (OCoLC)858862147 638019 (N$T) BR1640 .R34 2009eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.8/3 22 N$TA Rah, Soong-Chan. The next evangelicalism : releasing the church from Western cultural captivity / Soong-Chan Rah. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, [2009] ©2009 1 online resource (228 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-226) and indexes. Individualism : the heartbeat of Western, white cultural captivity -- Consumerism and materialism : the soul of Western, white cultural captivity -- Racism : the residue of Western, white cultural captivity -- The Church growth movement and megachurches -- The emergent church's captivity to Western, white culture -- The cultural imperialism of the Western, white captivity of the church -- Suffering and celebration : learning from the African American and Native American communities -- Holistic evangelism : learning from the immigrant church -- A multicultural worldview : learning from the second generation. Soong-Chan Rah calls the North American church to escape its captivity to Western cultural trappings and to embrace a new evangelicalism that is diverse and multiethnic. Rah brings keen analysis to the limitations of American Christianity and shows how captivity to Western individualism and materialism has played itself out in megachurches and emergent churches alike. --from publisher description Description based on print version record. Evangelicalism History 21st century. Church history 21st century. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Rah, Soong-Chan. Next evangelicalism 9780830833603 (DLC) 2008054478 (OCoLC)262430792 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=638019 EBSCOhost EBSC 638019 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53861 53861