From Megachurch to Metachurch : The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmann, David.

Series:

Religion at the Boundaries Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

The first global treatment of the world's most successful single evangelical church, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Introduction: Setting the stage

1. Redrawing the boundaries of religion and the secular

2. Neo-Pentecostalism

3. Prosperity and dominion theologies

4. Politics

5. An aesthetic of cultural neutrality

6. A people apart

7. Racial difference and the question of African and Africa-originating religions

8. The reconfiguration of religion

9. The mediasphere

10. A Metachurch

11. Eurocentric bias

12. Background to the book

Chapter 1: The Holy Spirit

1. Towards rebirth

2. What can I do?

3. Sincerity

4. Against theology and also against emotion

5. The material dimension: A type of citizenship

Chapter 2: The apparatus

1. Members, assistants, pastors and bishops

2. Inclusion: Ritual and practical

3. Division of labour and governance

4. A pastor's life

Chapter 3: The pastoral couple: Backbone of the Universal Church

1. Marriage

2. Nuclear versus extended family

3. A doctrine of family life?

4. Pastoral anonymity

5. Pastoral journeys

Chapter 4: Love therapy on the steps of the Templo

Chapter 5: Gender and its performance

1. A compartmentalized scheme

2. Women coping with male fragility

3. Godllywood and women's empowerment

4. IntelliMen and male fragility

5. The dark side

6. Gender exemplifies the church's centralization

Chapter 6: Ritual and the supernatural

1. Making sense of ritual in a neo-Pentecostal church

2. Multipurpose symbols (pontos de contacto)15

Water

Rose

Oil

3. Ritual as interruption or anti-ritual

4. Southern Africa - a special case

5. Ritual as routine

6. Charlatanismo? Folk psychotherapy

7. Exorcism

8. Reframing the religious field.

Chapter 7: Prosperity, reciprocity and sincerity

1. Prosperity is not a theology

2. Prosperity and reciprocity

Lisbon, 2020

Santiago de Chile, 2023

Cancún, 2023

3. Meaning, intention and sincerity in prayer

4. Intelligent faith

5. Double bind

6. The pursuit of growth

Chapter 8: Politics

1. Securing a foothold in Brazil's political system

2. The benefits of political involvement

Political entanglements in Angola

3. Social entrepreneurship

4. A moderate conservatism

Chapter 9: Biblical telenovelas and the ecosystem

1. Building a media empire

2. Biblical novelas

3. The ecosystem, or maybe the echo chamber

Conclusion : What the Universal Church tells us about the future of religion

Notes

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Lehmann, David From Megachurch to Metachurch

ISBN:

9781350610019

OCLC:

1602012778