02341cam a2200373 a 4500 5626 5626 35548792 OCoLC 20190108114701.0 960828s1997 cau b s001 0deng 96035140 0520209389 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520209381 (cloth : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC IXT C#P UKM OCLCQ BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG HNW OCLCQ SXC BDX n-us--- n-us-ca BR526 .M554 1997 280.4 M647R Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl), 1946- Reinventing American Protestantism : Christianity in the new millennium / Donald E. Miller. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c1997. ix, 253 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-245) and index. Introduction: Winners and losers : restructuring the religious economy -- The new face of American Protestantism : a second reformation? -- Hippies, beach baptisms, and healings : a history of three movements -- Transforming your life : the process of conversion -- Beyond rationality : democratizing access to the sacred -- Living by the Bible : social ministry, politics, theology -- Giving the ministry to the people : the postmodern organization -- Franchising new groups : church planting and growth -- Can the mainline church survive? : some lessons from history. Explores the trend in the last thirty years towards new paradigm churches, sometimes called megachurches or postdenominational churches, which are reinventing Christianity by redefining the institutional forms and reconnecting people to the message of first-century Christianity using the media of twentieth century America. Calvary Chapel (Costa Mesa, Calif.) Hope Chapel (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Protestant churches United States Forecasting. Protestant churches California, Southern Case studies. Pentecostal churches California, Southern Case studies. Calvary Chapel movement. California, Southern Religious life and customs. United States Church history 20th century. ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2019-01-08 760.00 0 280.4 M647R 006414 2019-01-08 00:00:00 2019-01-08 BK