A Moving Faith
Mega Churches Go South
1st Edition
Published on 17. February 2020
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Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-93-5328-886-0 (ISBN)
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A Moving Faith captures the dynamic shift of Christianity to the South and portrays a global movement that promises prosperity, healing, empowerment, and gender equality by invoking neo-Pentecostal and Charismatic resources. It postulates that neither North America nor Europe is the current center of the Christian faith.
The book provides a detailed overview of how migration of Christians from the South enriches the North, for instance, Pope Francis brings newness, freshness, and the vigor characteristic of the South. While describing Christianity's growth in the South, it suggests that, in fact, there is no center for this global faith. It explores this great move of Christianity by focusing on representative mega churches in South Korea, Brazil, Peru, Ghana, Nigeria, Australia, India, and the Philippines.
The book provides a detailed overview of how migration of Christians from the South enriches the North, for instance, Pope Francis brings newness, freshness, and the vigor characteristic of the South. While describing Christianity's growth in the South, it suggests that, in fact, there is no center for this global faith. It explores this great move of Christianity by focusing on representative mega churches in South Korea, Brazil, Peru, Ghana, Nigeria, Australia, India, and the Philippines.
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Adjunct Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Jonathan D. James is a researcher and writer on media, religion, and culture. His research interests include cultural globalization, the social effects of new media, new religious movements, indigenization, diaspora Asians in the West, and the image industry in Asia. With an early education in Singapore, and later trained to be a television producer in the USA, Jonathan D. James is currently an adjunct lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Perth, and well known in the Asia-Pacific region as a consultant, lecturer, and guest speaker. His articles have appeared in refereed journals in Australia, the UK, and North America, including The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and Studies in World Christianity and Continuum: Journal of Media and Culture. Widely traveled in Asia, North America, and the Pacific, Jonathan D. James is the author of McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India (SAGE, 2010) and the editor of The Internet and the Google Age (forthcoming, 2014).
Jonathan D. James is a researcher and writer on media, religion, and culture. His research interests include cultural globalization, the social effects of new media, new religious movements, indigenization, diaspora Asians in the West, and the image industry in Asia. With an early education in Singapore, and later trained to be a television producer in the USA, Jonathan D. James is currently an adjunct lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Perth, and well known in the Asia-Pacific region as a consultant, lecturer, and guest speaker. His articles have appeared in refereed journals in Australia, the UK, and North America, including The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, and Studies in World Christianity and Continuum: Journal of Media and Culture. Widely traveled in Asia, North America, and the Pacific, Jonathan D. James is the author of McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India (SAGE, 2010) and the editor of The Internet and the Google Age (forthcoming, 2014).
Content
List of Abbreviations
Foreword - Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Acknowledgments
A Moving Faith: An Introduction - Jonathan D James
I: UNDERSTANDING SOUTHERN CHRISTIANITY
Southern Christianity: Key Considerations and Characteristics - Jesudas M Athyal
II: MEGA CHURCHES IN AFRICA
Doing Greater Things: Mega Church as an African Phenomenon - J Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Mega Churches and Megaphones: Nigerian Church Leaders and Their Media Ministries - Walter C Ihejirika and Godwin B Okon
III: MEGA CHURCHES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Mega Churches in South Korea: Their Impact and Prospect in the Public Sphere - Sebastian C H Kim
Marketing the Sacred: The Case of Hillsong Church, Australia - Jeaney Yip
Populist Movement to Mega Church: El Shaddai in Manila, Philippines - Katharine L Wiegele
Nurturing Globalized Faith Seekers: Mega Churches in Andhra Pradesh, India - Y A Sudhakar Reddy
IV: MEGA CHURCHES IN LATIN AMERICA
Concentrations of Faith: Mega Churches in Brazil - Dennis A Smith and Leonildo S Campos
Evangelical Representations in the Public Sphere: The Peruvian Case - Rolando Pérez
The Southern Factor: Prospects and Challenges - Jonathan D James
Index
Foreword - Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Acknowledgments
A Moving Faith: An Introduction - Jonathan D James
I: UNDERSTANDING SOUTHERN CHRISTIANITY
Southern Christianity: Key Considerations and Characteristics - Jesudas M Athyal
II: MEGA CHURCHES IN AFRICA
Doing Greater Things: Mega Church as an African Phenomenon - J Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Mega Churches and Megaphones: Nigerian Church Leaders and Their Media Ministries - Walter C Ihejirika and Godwin B Okon
III: MEGA CHURCHES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Mega Churches in South Korea: Their Impact and Prospect in the Public Sphere - Sebastian C H Kim
Marketing the Sacred: The Case of Hillsong Church, Australia - Jeaney Yip
Populist Movement to Mega Church: El Shaddai in Manila, Philippines - Katharine L Wiegele
Nurturing Globalized Faith Seekers: Mega Churches in Andhra Pradesh, India - Y A Sudhakar Reddy
IV: MEGA CHURCHES IN LATIN AMERICA
Concentrations of Faith: Mega Churches in Brazil - Dennis A Smith and Leonildo S Campos
Evangelical Representations in the Public Sphere: The Peruvian Case - Rolando Pérez
The Southern Factor: Prospects and Challenges - Jonathan D James
Index