the megachurch movement flirts with modernityGuinness, Os.creatortextbibliographyChurch history.miuGrand Rapids, MichBaker Book House�19931993monographiceng

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113 pages ; 22 cm"He who sups with the devil had better have a long spoon"--Peter L. Berger. Today's megachurch movement should heed this warning, because of its often uncritical use of management and marketing tools to induce growth. Os Guinness provides a perceptive, thoughtful assessment of this powerful movement and its proneness to compromise with modernity. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking questions for reflection and discussion. This book also includes two unique meditations: S�ren Kierkegaard's "Fishers of Men" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Celestial Rail-road." --! From back cover.Opening meditation : "Fishers of men" / S�ren Kierkegaard -- Introduction -- One main question -- Two main roots of the challenge -- Three main dangers of modernity -- Four main steps in compromise -- Five main ironies -- Six main carriers of modernity -- Seven main tips for discernment -- Conclusion -- Closing meditation : "The celestial rail-road" / Nathaniel Hawthorne.Os Guinness."Hourglass books."Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-113).n-us--- 1900-1999 fast Church growthUnited StatesBig churchesChristianity and culture�EgliseExpansion�Etats-UnisGrandes �eglises (Communaut�es)Big churchesChristianity and cultureChurch growthChristianisme et cultureCroissance de l'�Eglise�Etats-UnisUnited StatesChurch history20th century�Etats-UnisHistoire religieuse20e si�ecleUnited States�Etats-UnisHistoire religieuse20e si�ecleUnited StatesChurch history20th centuryBR526 .G85 1993254/.50801038553978080103855693016794DLC93022420241212064826.0ocm27728267 eng