The Globalisation of Charismatic Christianity

by Simon Coleman

• ISBN13: 9780521036450
• ISBN10: 0521036453
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book analyses the revival of charismatic Protestant Christianity as an example of globalization. Simon Coleman shows that, along with many social movements, these religious conservatives are negotiating their own interpretations of global and postmodern processes. They are constructing an evangelical arena of action and meaning within the liminal, chaotic space of the global. The book examines globalization not only as a social process, but also as an embodied practice involving forms of language and ritualized movement. Charismatic Christianity is presented through its material culture - art, architecture and consumer products - as well as its rhetoric and theology. The book provides an account of the incorporation of electronic media such as television, videos and the Internet into Christian worship. Issues relating to the conduct of fieldwork in contexts of globalization are raised in an account which is also the first major ethnography of a Faith ministry.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
A 'Weird Babel of Tongues': Charisma in the Modern World	p. 17
'Faith Which Conquers the World': Globalisation and Charisma	p. 49
Sweden: National 'state' and Global 'site'	p. 72
The Word of Life: Organising Global Culture	p. 87
Words: from Narrative to Embodiment	p. 117
Aesthetics: from Iconography to Architecture	p. 143
Broadcasting the Faith	p. 166
Expansive Agency	p. 187
Contesting the Nation	p. 208
The Word and the World	p. 231
References	p. 241
Index	p. 259
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