The Restructuring of American Religion

The Restructuring of American Religion
Author: Robert Wuthnow
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2021-02-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0691224218

The description for this book, The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II, will be forthcoming.

Reconstructing Early Christian Worship

Reconstructing Early Christian Worship
Author: Paul Bradshaw
Publisher: SPCK
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0281062978

The book should be seen in the context of Paul Bradshaw's earlier works: The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship and Eucharistic Origins. In this book he updates his thinking in this area, focussing on the origins of the Eucharist, Baptism and Daily Prayer. The controversial introductory chapter is entitled: Did Jesus Institute the Eucharist at the Last Supper?

Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Reconstruction of Identity

Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Reconstruction of Identity
Author: Josie McSkimming
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317106571

There is an increasing interest in the influence of religious fundamentalism upon people’s motivation, identity and decision-making. Leaving Christian Fundamentalism and the Re-construction of Identity details the stories of those who have left Christian fundamentalist churches and how they change after they have left. It considers how the previous fundamentalist identity is shaped by aspects of church teaching and discipline that are less authoritarian and coercive, and more subtle and widely spread throughout the church body. That is, individuals are understood as not only subject to a form of judgment, but also exercise it, with everyone seemingly complicit in maintaining the stability of the church organisation. This book provocatively illustrates that the reasons for leaving an evangelical Christian church may be less about what happens outside the church in terms of the lures and attractions of the secular world, and more about the experience within the community itself.