Beyond Establishment

by Carroll, Jackson W.; Roof, Wade Clark

• ISBN13: 9780664253967
• ISBN10: 0664253962
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This book takes a novel, cultural approach to studying mainline denominations, focusing on the denominations' religious and moral vision--the beliefs, values, symbols, stories, and style that make a denomination distinct. Of special concern are the ways in which denominations passed on their vision and how they maintained plausibility under changing circumstances. Contributors include a variety of authors, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, educators, and liturgists who examine ways in which denominations have sought to transmit their culture with varying degrees of success or failure.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Contributors	p. 8
Introduction	p. 11
Denominations as Local Institutions
Fellowship Ties and the Transmission of Religious Identity	p. 32
Denominational Identity and the Church School - Teasing Out a Relationship	p. 54
Ritual and the Transmission of a Cultural Tradition: An Ethnographic Perspective	p. 74
"Songs My Mother Taught Me": Hymns as Transmitters of Faith	p. 99
Women's Organizations: Centers of Denominational Loyalty and Expressions of Christian Unity	p. 116
Denominations as Translocal Institutions
Places and Occasions in the Transmission of Denominational Culture: The Case of "Southern Presbyterians"	p. 142
Church-Related Colleges: Transmitters of Denominational Cultures?	p. 157
Denominational Ministry on University Campuses	p. 173
The Theological Schools: Transmission, Transformation, and Transcendence of Denominational Culture	p. 188
Presbyterian Ordination Practice as a Case Study in the Transmission of Denominational Identity	p. 205
Denominational Identity and Culture: Case Studies
Timeless Priorities in Changing Contexts: African Americans and Denominationalism	p. 228
Between Myth and Hard Data: A Denomination Struggles with Identity	p. 248
History as a Bearer of Denominational Identity: Methodism as a Case Study	p. 270
The Meanings of a Merger: Denominational Identity in the United Church of Christ	p. 296
Presbyterian Culture: Views from "the Edge"	p. 309
Toward a Post-Denominational World Church	p. 327
Epilogue: Beyond Establishment, but in Which Direction?	p. 343
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