Disengaged and indistinct: the subcultural identity of the Emerging Church Movement

Drawing on participant observation, pastor interviews, congregant focus groups, and the website content of an emerging congregation in Seattle, this article explores the ECM (Emerging Church Movement) as a religious subcultural movement utilizing Smith et al.’s (1998) subcultural identity theory. Th...

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Published in:Social compass
Main Author: Wollschleger, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Social compass
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Congregation / Cultural identity
RelBib Classification:KDG Free church
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:Drawing on participant observation, pastor interviews, congregant focus groups, and the website content of an emerging congregation in Seattle, this article explores the ECM (Emerging Church Movement) as a religious subcultural movement utilizing Smith et al.’s (1998) subcultural identity theory. The study views the ECM movement as a unique religious subculture and locates it along the two dimensions of distinctiveness and engagement. The results of the field research indicate that the ECM as a subcultural religious movement is both disengaged from the dominant society and indistinct from other religious subcultures. The implications of these findings for the future directions of the movement are discussed.
ISSN:0037-7686
Contains:In: Social compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0037768614560974