The Routledge Handbook of Megachurch Studies

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Introduction
PART I: Geographical Overviews
	1. North America
	2. Latin America
	3. Europe
	4. Central Africa
	5. East and Southern Africa
	6. Southeast Asia and Australia
	7. East and South Asia
PART II: Transnational Connections
	8. African Megachurch Missions Abroad
	9. African Diaspora Megachurches in Europe
	10. Korean Diasporic Megachurches in the United States
	11. Transnational Lusophone Megachurches
	12. Networking and Collaboration
PART III: Megachurch Worship
	13. The Transnationalization of Megachurch Music
	14. The Production and Performance of Multisensory Worship Services
	15. Affect, Effervescence, and the Megachurch Ritual Cycle
	16. Preaching
PART IV: Hermeneutics and Theology in Practice
	17. Prosperity and the Therapeutic Turn
	18. Charismatic Gifts
	19. Deliverance
PART V: Institutional Dynamics
	20. Theories of Growth
	21. How and Why People Participate in Megachurches
	22. Leadership
	23. Megachurches’ First Ladies
	24. Marketing and the Business of God
	25. Controversies, Scandals, and Crises
PART VI: Social Context
	26. Urbanisms and Imaginaries of Space
	27. Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
	28. Class
	29. Youth
	30. Gender and Sexuality
	31. Social Media and Pop Culture
	32. Aesthetics, Architecture, and Ambition
PART VII: Response
	33. Response: Revivalism and the Meaning of Megachurches
Index