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The Mainline in Late Modernity - Tradition and Innovation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Hardcover)
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The Mainline in Late Modernity - Tradition and Innovation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Hardcover)
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In the last fifty years, religion in America has changed
dramatically, and Mainline Protestantism is following suit. This
book reveals a fundamental transformation taking place in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA is looking to
postdenominational Christianity for inspiration on how to attract
people to the pews, but is at the same time intent on preserving
its confessional, liturgical tradition as much as possible in late
modernity. As American religion grows increasingly experiential and
individualistic, the ELCA is caught between its church heritage and
a highly innovative culture that demands participative structures
and a personal relationship with the divine. In the midst of this
tension, the ELCA is deflating its church hierarchy and encouraging
people to become involved in congregations on their own terms,
while it continues to celebrate its confessional, liturgical
identity. But can this balance between individual and institution
be upheld in the long run? Or will the democratization and
pluralization of the faith ultimately undermine the church? This
book explores how the ELCA attempts to resist the forces of
Americanization in late modernity even as it slowly but surely
comes to resemble mainstream American religion more and more.
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