From Meetinghouse to Megachurch is a superb account, from the perspective of material and cultural history, of the rise of the evangelical megachurch-a church architecturally designed to attract a large following. In 1970, there were only ten megachurches. By the mid 1990s, however, megachurches numbered around four hundred, representing nearly 2 percent of the Protestant churches in the United States. In this new study, Anne C. Loveland and Otis B. Wheeler demonstrate that evangelical megachurches evolved from multiple models and influences. Lavishly illustrated with more than 150 images, From Meetinghouse to Megachurch fills a significant gap in the historiography of evangelical religion in the United States.
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Anne C. Loveland is T. Harry Williams Professor Emerita at Louisiana State University. She is the author of numerous books, including American Evangelicals and the U. S. Military, 1942-1993. Otis B. Wheeler is Professor of English, Emeritus, at Louisiana State University. He is the author of The Literary Career of Maurice Thompson and the photographer of Religious Architecture in Louisiana.
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When evangelical megachurches appeared on the American landscape, journalists and religious commentators hailed them as something new under the sun-"new paradigm churches . . . changing the way Christianity looks and is experienced," or heralds of a "new reformation." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Baptist, New York, African American, Willow Creek, United States, Angelus Temple, Second Baptist, Southeast Christian Church, Tremont Temple, Fort Worth, Garden Grove, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Crystal Cathedral, Community of Joy, Fellowship Church, Los Angeles, Moody Memorial Church, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Apostolic Church of God, Chatham Street Chapel, Lovely Lane Methodist Church, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Mason Temple, Carpenter's Home Church, Covenant Church New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
When evangelical megachurches appeared on the American landscape, journalists and religious commentators hailed them as something new under the sun-"new paradigm churches . . . changing the way Christianity looks and is experienced," or heralds of a "new reformation." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Baptist, New York, African American, Willow Creek, United States, Angelus Temple, Second Baptist, Southeast Christian Church, Tremont Temple, Fort Worth, Garden Grove, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Crystal Cathedral, Community of Joy, Fellowship Church, Los Angeles, Moody Memorial Church, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Apostolic Church of God, Chatham Street Chapel, Lovely Lane Methodist Church, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Mason Temple, Carpenter's Home Church, Covenant Church New!
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