Evangelism Through Happiness? A Case Study in Innovative "Pre-Evangelism" with Contemporary uk "Post-Christians"
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Nigel Rooms
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The nature of evangelism in "post-Christian" societies, especially in the secularizing west is a problematized and contested area. A field research case study is presented by the author who was also the facilitator of an innovative pre-evangelism resource entitled The Happiness Lab which was the subject of the research. A small group of "post-Christians" in the United Kingdom was gathered to pilot the course which taught practices associated with increasing happiness from the positive psychology movement. Survey data, participant observation and semi-structured interviews create triangulated data which is analyzed to show the effectiveness of the course in increasing in small ways the happiness levels of the participants. The question of how the course is defined and offered ethically as pre-evangelism is examined. Critical reflection on the data is presented utilizing secularization and post-secular theory alongside theological categories such as imago Dei, incarnation and conversion. "Anticipatory evangelism" is suggested as an alternative nomenclature.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2018
توصيف ظاهري
101-123
عنوان
Mission Studies
شماره جلد
35/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1573-3831
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اصطلاح موضوعی
buffered self
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
happiness
اصطلاح موضوعی
History of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
positive psychology
اصطلاح موضوعی
post-Christian
اصطلاح موضوعی
pre-evangelism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
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