The post-evangelical emerging church : innovations in New Zealand and the UK

Guest, Mathew; Taylor, Steve

Abstract

This article explores new religious groups who build a distinctive vision of the ‘emerging church’ by drawing from a post-evangelical perspective. Specifically, we explore the ways in which two groups (a Baptist church in Auckland, New Zealand, and a group attached to a Church of England parish in York, UK) re-imagine church and reflexively reconfigure ideas of Christian religion, in light of their embrace of a ‘post-modern’ view of the world. Throughout, the focus remains on the question of how religious groups, which self-consciously embrace a post-modern worldview – emphasising detraditionalisation and individualism – sustain durable Christian communities.

Citation

Guest, M., & Taylor, S. (2006). The post-evangelical emerging church : innovations in New Zealand and the UK. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 6(1), 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742250500494757

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006-03
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2009
• Journal: International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
• Print ISSN: 1474-225X
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-0234
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-64
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14742250500494757
• Keywords: Christian communities, Post-modern, Detraditionalisation, Individualism, Decentredness.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1591423
• Publisher URL: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/14742250500494757