TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guinness,Os
TI  - Dining with the devil: the megachurch movement flirts with modernity 
SN  - 0801038553
AV  - BR526 .G85 1993
U1  - 254/.5 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Book House
KW  - Church growth
KW  - United States
KW  - Big churches
KW  - Christianity and culture
KW  - �Eglise
KW  - Expansion
KW  - �Etats-Unis
KW  - Grandes �eglises (Communaut�es)
KW  - fast
KW  - Christianisme et culture
KW  - ram
KW  - Croissance de l'�Eglise
KW  - Church history
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Histoire religieuse
KW  - 20e si�ecle
KW  - sears
N1  - "Hourglass books."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-113); 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
N2  - "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
ER  -