{"product_id":"sacred-subdivisions-9780814725351","title":"Sacred Subdivisions","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an era where church attendance has reached an all-time\u003cbr\u003elow, recent polling has shown that Americans are becoming\u003cbr\u003eless formally religious and more promiscuous in their religious\u003cbr\u003ecommitments. Within both mainline and evangelical\u003cbr\u003eChristianity in America, it is common to hear of secularizing\u003cbr\u003epressures and increasing competition from nonreligious\u003cbr\u003esources. Yet there is a kind of religious institution that has\u003cbr\u003eenjoyed great popularity over the past thirty years: the evangelical\u003cbr\u003emegachurch. Evangelical megachurches not only\u003cbr\u003econtinue to grow in number, but also in cultural, political,\u003cbr\u003eand economic influence. To appreciate their appeal is to\u003cbr\u003eunderstand not only how they are innovating, but more crucially,\u003cbr\u003ewhere their innovation is taking place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking and interdisciplinary study, Justin G.\u003cbr\u003eWilford argues that the success of the megachurch is hinged\u003cbr\u003eupon its use of space: its location on the postsuburban fringe\u003cbr\u003eof large cities, its fragmented, dispersed structure, and its\u003cbr\u003efocus on individualized spaces of intimacy such as small\u003cbr\u003egroup meetings in homes, which help to interpret suburban\u003cbr\u003elife as religiously meaningful and create a sense of belonging.\u003cbr\u003eBased on original fieldwork at Rick Warren’s Saddleback\u003cbr\u003eChurch, one of the largest and most influential megachurches\u003cbr\u003ein America, Sacred Subdivisions explains how evangelical\u003cbr\u003emegachurches thrive by transforming mundane secular\u003cbr\u003espaces into arenas of religious significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Justin Wilford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272943546619,"sku":"9780814725351","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b6c454ec-ce24-4dfc-84f8-05fd0af02b67.jpg?v=1770997142","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/sacred-subdivisions-9780814725351","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}