{"product_id":"9780814725351","title":"Sacred Subdivisions : The Postsuburban Transformation of American Evangelicalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an era where church attendance has reached an all-time\n\u003cbr\u003e low, recent polling has shown that Americans are becoming\n\u003cbr\u003e less formally religious and more promiscuous in their religious\n\u003cbr\u003e commitments. Within both mainline and evangelical\n\u003cbr\u003e Christianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizing\n\u003cbr\u003e pressures and increasing competition from nonreligious\n\u003cbr\u003e sources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that has\n\u003cbr\u003e enjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelical\n\u003cbr\u003e megachurch. Evangelical megachurches not only\n\u003cbr\u003e continue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political,\n\u003cbr\u003e and economic influence. To appreciate their appeal is to\n\u003cbr\u003e understand not only how they are innovating, but more crucially,\n\u003cbr\u003e where their innovation is taking place.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking and interdisciplinary study, Justin G.\n\u003cbr\u003e Wilford argues that the success of the megachurch is hinged\n\u003cbr\u003e upon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringe\n\u003cbr\u003e of large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and its\n\u003cbr\u003e focus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as small\n\u003cbr\u003e group meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburban\n\u003cbr\u003e life as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging.\n\u003cbr\u003e Based on original fieldwork at Rick Warren's Saddleback\n\u003cbr\u003e Church, one of the largest and most influential megachurches\n\u003cbr\u003e in America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelical\n\u003cbr\u003e megachurches thrive by transforming mundane secular\n\u003cbr\u003e spaces into arenas of religious significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48685089095915,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":195.93,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780814725351-1.jpg?v=1781641433","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780814725351","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}