The Ecclesiological Self and the Other: Concepts of Social Identity and Their Implications for Free Churches in Secular Europe

This article suggests that social identity research, especially the concept of self-other differentiation, may shed light on the observable ecclesiological and missional identity crisis of free churches in secular Europe. As free churches find positive value, meaning, and perspective in distinction...

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Main Author: Bartholomä, Philipp 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Ecclesial practices
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 156-176
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CH Christianity and Society
KBA Western Europe
KDG Free church
NBN Ecclesiology
Further subjects:B Ecclesiology free churches mission self-categorization self-other differentiation social identity social psychology secularisation
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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