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The post-evangelical emerging church : innovations in New Zealand and the UK

Guest, Mathew; Taylor, Steve

Authors

Steve Taylor



Abstract

This article explores new religious groups who build a distinctive vision of the ‘emerging church’ by drawing from a post-evangelical perspective. Specifically, we explore the ways in which two groups (a Baptist church in Auckland, New Zealand, and a group attached to a Church of England parish in York, UK) re-imagine church and reflexively reconfigure ideas of Christian religion, in light of their embrace of a ‘post-modern’ view of the world. Throughout, the focus remains on the question of how religious groups, which self-consciously embrace a post-modern worldview – emphasising detraditionalisation and individualism – sustain durable Christian communities.

Citation

Guest, M., & Taylor, S. (2006). The post-evangelical emerging church : innovations in New Zealand and the UK. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 6(1), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742250500494757

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2006-03
Deposit Date Jan 20, 2009
Journal International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
Print ISSN 1474-225X
Electronic ISSN 1747-0234
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 1
Pages 49-64
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14742250500494757
Keywords Christian communities, Post-modern, Detraditionalisation, Individualism, Decentredness.
Publisher URL http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/14742250500494757


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