{"product_id":"sacred-subdivisions-3","title":"Sacred Subdivisions","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an era where church attendance has reached an all-time\u003cbr\u003e\nlow, recent polling has shown that Americans are becoming\u003cbr\u003e\nless formally religious and more promiscuous in their religious\u003cbr\u003e\ncommitments. Within both mainline and evangelical\u003cbr\u003e\nChristianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizing\u003cbr\u003e\npressures and increasing competition from nonreligious\u003cbr\u003e\nsources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that has\u003cbr\u003e\nenjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelical\u003cbr\u003e\nmegachurch. Evangelical megachurches not only\u003cbr\u003e\ncontinue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political,\u003cbr\u003e\nand economic influence. To appreciate their appeal is to\u003cbr\u003e\nunderstand not only how they are innovating, but more crucially,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhere their innovation is taking place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this groundbreaking and interdisciplinary study, Justin G.\u003cbr\u003e\nWilford argues that the success of the megachurch is hinged\u003cbr\u003e\nupon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringe\u003cbr\u003e\nof large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and its\u003cbr\u003e\nfocus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as small\u003cbr\u003e\ngroup meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburban\u003cbr\u003e\nlife as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\nBased on original fieldwork at Rick Warren’s Saddleback\u003cbr\u003e\nChurch, one of the largest and most influential megachurches\u003cbr\u003e\nin America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelical\u003cbr\u003e\nmegachurches thrive by transforming mundane secular\u003cbr\u003e\nspaces into arenas of religious significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Justin Wilford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573421932726,"sku":"9780814708309","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780814708309.jpg?v=1712137691","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/sacred-subdivisions-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}