Megachurches in den USA und Singapur in transkultureller Perspektive: Ein kritischer Blick auf das Export-Narrativ From the West to the Rest

Translated title of the contribution: Megachurches in the USA and Singapore in Transcultural Perspective: A Critical Look at the Export Narrative From the West to the Rest

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Abstract

The chapter critically discusses the so-called export narrative “from the West to the rest”, with which the globalization of American-style “fundamentalist Christianity” is often described. What lies behind the narrative is an observation of the global spread of Evangelical and Pentecostal forms of organization and expression, such as Megachurches, televangelism, the so-called prosperity gospel, and cell groups. These phenomena are often described as American exports with global success. Based on fieldwork observations in megachurches with TV-ministries in the USA and Singapore, the chapter offers an alternative approach to look at these practices in the global context. The author argues that a transcultural perspective allows for a more differentiated description and analysis of the material, one that takes varied positionalities, multi-directionality, and entanglement into account.
Translated title of the contributionMegachurches in the USA and Singapore in Transcultural Perspective: A Critical Look at the Export Narrative From the West to the Rest
Original languageGerman
Title of host publicationGlobale Christentümer
Subtitle of host publicationTheologische und religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven
EditorsBernhard Grümmer, Claudia Jahnel, Martin Radermacher, Claudia Rammelt, Jens Schlamelcher
Place of PublicationPaderborn
PublisherBrill | Schöningh
Chapter6
Pages107-127
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-657-70839-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-506-70839-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameGlobal Religion — Religion global
PublisherBrill / Schöningh
Volume2
ISSN (Print)2747-8629

Keywords

  • christianity
  • evangelicalism
  • televangelicalism
  • megachurch
  • USA
  • Singapore
  • Transcultural approach
  • Transcultural
  • transcultural dynamics
  • fundamentalist Christianity

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