Shopping for God: how Christianity went from in your heart to in your face

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Twitchell, James B. 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York [u.a.] Simon & Schuster 2007
In:Year: 2007
Edition:1. Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Further subjects:B Consumption (Economics) Religious aspects Christianity
B Church marketing
B Religious Institutions Marketing
Description
Item Description:Oh Lord, why U.S.? an overview of the spiritual marketplace -- Another great awakening? -- Let's go shopping: brought to you by God -- Hatch, match, dispatch, or baptized, married, buried: the work of denominations -- Holy franchise: marketing religion in a scramble economy -- The United Methodist example -- The church impotent: what's wrong with the mainlines? -- Out of the ivory tower and into the missionary fields -- The megachurch: "If you are calling about a death in the family, press 8." -- And this too shall pass: the future of megas. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306) and index
ISBN:0743292871