Church, market, and media : a discursive approach to institutional religious change /: a discursive approach to institutional religious change. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marcus Moberg.
• Authors: Moberg, Marcus, 1978-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The study of religion and markets; A new approach to the study of religion in market society; The study of religion and media; A discursive approach to social andinstitutional religious change; Main focus and material; Official church discourse; Official church discourse; Structure of the book; Part One Theoretical and Analytic Framework; 2 Discourse Analysis and the Study of Social and Religious Change; Discourse analysis as method; The discourse of social institutions and organizations The technologization of discourseConcluding remarks; 3 Marketization, Mediatization, and Institutional Religious Change; Marketization and social, cultural, and religious change; Marketization and discursive change; Marketization and institutional and organizational change; Marketization and institutional religious change; Mediatization and social, cultural, and religious change; Mediatization: concept and theory; Organizational mediatization; A discursive approach to mediatization; Religion, the internet, and modern ICTs; Part Two Application and Cases 4 The Marketization and Mediatization of Institutional Christian Protestant ChurchesMainline Protestant churches in the United States; The onset of decline and the current state of the mainline; The Presbyterian Church USA: the new "Way Forward"; The United Methodist Church: "church marketing"; The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: "mission advancement"; The British religious landscape in a post-Thatcher era; Marketization- and new media discourse within the CoE; The Church of England in Britain: "resourcing the future"; The Nordic context: civil service and "effectiveness" The Church of SwedenThe Church of Denmark; 5 Discourse and Beyond: Marketization and Mediatization within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; The current state of the ELCF; Marketization discourse within the ELCF; Beyond discourse: the practical effects of marketization discourse; Mediatization and new media discourse within the ELCF; Beyond discourse: organizational mediatization within the ELCF; Strong organizational mediatization: new routines and practices; Postscript; Notes; 1 Introduction; 2 Discourse Analysis and the Study ofSocial and Religious Change 3 Marketization, Mediatization, andInstitutional Religious Change4 The Marketization and Mediatization ofInstitutional Christian Protestant Churches; 5 Discourse and Beyond: Marketization and Mediatizationin the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 262.001/7; Christian social thought & activity; Church renewal; Change -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church and the press; Church marketing; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology; Religion -- General; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Religion & politics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474280594; 1474280595; 9781474280587; 1474280587
• Related ISBNs: 9781474280570
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 1, 2017).
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