Dynamics and Stability in Globally Expanding Charismatic Religions: The Case of the Vineyard Movement in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

This article examines processes of religious transfer taking place in the neo-Charismatic Vineyard movement by analyzing the development of the German-speaking branch, Vineyard Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz (DACH), in comparison to its American sister association. By drawing from first-hand inter...

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Publié dans:Entangled Religions
Auteur principal: Freudenberg, Maren (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Ruhr-Universität Bochum [2019]
Dans: Entangled Religions
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Allemagne / Suisse / Österreich / Vineyard-Gemeinde / Mouvement charismatique
Classifications IxTheo:KBB Espace germanophone
KBC Suisse
KBQ Amérique du Nord
KDH Sectes d’origine chrétienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B dynamics and stability
B Pentecostalism
B Vineyard
B Charismatic Christianity
B Switzerland
B Germany
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Résumé:This article examines processes of religious transfer taking place in the neo-Charismatic Vineyard movement by analyzing the development of the German-speaking branch, Vineyard Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz (DACH), in comparison to its American sister association. By drawing from first-hand interviews with congregational leaders and analyses of websites and other digital and print material, the article shows that Vineyard DACH is pursuing an unusually collaborative strategy to integrate into the German-speaking Christian landscape by forging close ties to both the Christian mainstream and its periphery. At the same time, it accentuates its identity as part of the international Vineyard network as a global charismatic movement. In this way, it negotiates the tension between the dynamics of expansion and the stability of a coherent self-identity, which is a distinguishing trait of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. This development may be indicative of broader changes occurring in the religious landscape of German-speaking Europe in the early twenty-first century.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contient:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.13154/er.8.2019.8353