Smith's Friends : a "religion critic" meets a free church movement  alk. paper

Lowell D. Streiker ; foreword by Paul H. Sherry ; introduction by David H. Elliott

Lowell Streiker, a longtime expert on free church movements and cults, examines a vital and growing free church movement--an impressive movement that is yet largely unknown. Founded in Norway more than 90 years ago, it is a church without membership rolls, clergy, central administration, tithing, or even a name. Outsiders call them Smith's Friends after their founder, Johan Oscar Smith. On a worldwide basis, some 30,000 people participate in more than 200 churches in 50 countries. As a phenomenologist of religion, Streiker attempts to be descriptive, analytic, and constructively critical. In order to set Smith's Friends in historical, social, and religious perspectives, he first examines their similarities to and differences from earlier Norwegian revival movements. He then provides a detailed phenomenological report on Smith's Friends, based on field study in America and Europe. He examines their worship, hymnody, theology, and their everyday way of life. As a friendly critic, Streiker entertains the hope that Smith's Friends will come out of their small-church shell and actively engage Christendom and the world. If they do, Streiker believes we would all be better impressed by the influence of this extremely positive force for spiritual renewal. Streiker's examination presents an important study for scholars of religion, sociologists, psychologists, historians, and the general public concerned with modern religious life.

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書名 Smith's Friends : a "religion critic" meets a free church movement
著作者等 Streiker, Lowell D.
Sherry, Paul H.
Elliott, David H.
シリーズ名 Religion in the age of transformation
巻冊次 alk. paper
出版元 Praeger
刊行年月 1999
ページ数 xviii, 238 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0275960846
NCID BA57282653
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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