The Emerging Church in Transatlantic Perspective

Guest, Mathew

doi:10.1111/jssr.12326

The Emerging Church in Transatlantic Perspective

Guest, Mathew

Authors

Professor Mathew Guest m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk
Head Of Department

Abstract

Is the Emerging Church movement (ECM) a single transnational movement? Or is it a series of parallel religious orientations framed by nationally specific contexts? Cross-national comparisons of the many manifestations of the ECM remain scarce, especially as the development of the ECM across the globe (e.g., in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand) is most certainly affected by divergent histories and socioreligious landscapes. Focusing on a comparative analysis of the United Kingdom and the United States, I trace how these different cultural contexts determine variant patterns of ECM identity formation. Overall, a global perspective on the ECM calls for a theorization of the national development of religious movements and takes seriously the cultural and historical experiences that shape both its emergence in particular nations and the differentiated development of distinctive manifestations of ECM identity.

Citation

Guest, M. (2017). The Emerging Church in Transatlantic Perspective. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 56(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12326

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 4, 2017
Online Publication Date	May 30, 2017
Publication Date	Mar 31, 2017
Deposit Date	Jun 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date	May 30, 2019
Journal	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Print ISSN	0021-8294
Electronic ISSN	1468-5906
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	56
Issue	1
Pages	41-51
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12326

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