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

著者

• Streiker, Lowell D.

書誌事項

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

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

（Religion in the age of transformation）

Praeger, 1999

• alk. paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

The Church Without a Name The State Church and Revival About Smith's Friends Spiritual Ancestors of Smith's Friends Personal Reactions and Recommendations What Is a Cult? Is Smith's Friends a Sect? The Anti-Cult Cult Summary and Conclusions Epilogue Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA57282653
• ISBN:
  • 0275960846
• LCCN: 98022651
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Westport, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 238 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BX9798.S48
  • DC21 : 289.9
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Smith's Friends (Organization)
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA37746092