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The Commercial Church
Black Churches and the New Religious Marketplace in America
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2011
Summary
In this new book on the rise of commercial black 'mega churches,' Mary Hinton examines the rich legacy of the historic black church from the dual perspectives of theology and religious education. She explores the new religious models emerging from the tradition of the historic black church and questions whether they are continuing to operate and practice according to the wisdom of this unique form of American religion. Two mega church ministries, those of T. D. Jakes and Creflo Dollar, are examined in detail with regards to how they align with black church religious history. Hinton concludes by proposing that the fastest growing religious phenomenon within and outside of the black community in the United States-the mega church-should no longer be analyzed based on size alone. Instead, Hinton urges readers to consider the ecclesial structures of churches in making appropriate assessments in determining should and should not be classified as a commercial church.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3772-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3774-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
161
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Acknowledgments No access
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
2 The Evolution of the Black Church No access Pages 11 - 38
3 The Emergence of the Mega Church No access Pages 39 - 58
4 Decoding the Mega Church No access Pages 59 - 92
5 Theology in the Mega Church No access Pages 93 - 120
6 Religious Education in the Mega Church No access Pages 121 - 142
