Christian language and its mutations : essays in sociological understanding / David Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, David, 1929-2019.

Series:

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Christian sociology.

Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Language and languages.

Church and the world.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

1 The Language of Christianity 5

Part II The Religious-Political Tension

2 Christianity, the Church, War and the World Council of Churches 23

3 Christianity: Converting and Converted 33

Part III The Religious-Aesthetic Tension

4 Music and Religion: Ambivalence Towards the Aesthetic 47

5 Sacred and Secular in Handel's Reception 69

6 Prophecy, Time and Christian Art 83

Part IV Sacred-Secular Dynamics in the City

7 Religion and Politics in the Space and Time of the City 99

8 Changing your Holy Ground: The Spatial Ecology of Sacred and Secular at Centre and Periphery 105

Part V Internal Adjustments to Modernity

9 Retrospective Reflections on the Sacred and the Prayer Book 127

10 Alternative Visions and Constraints: Religious Education 135

11 The Political Economy of Baptism 145

12 Believing without Belonging: A Commentary on Religion in England 153

Part VI Alternative Responses to Modernity

13 Enlightenment: Dialogue and Conflict 163

14 Unitarianism: A Space in England for Rational Religion and Social Enlightenment? 171

15 Pentecostalism, Base Communities and Competition in Latin American Religion 181

16 On Evangelical Christianity: A Review 187

17 Global Christianity 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754607399

0754607402

OCLC:

49833220