The past fifteen years have witnessed a growing engagement with disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods on the part of UK charismatic-evangelical churches. Yet this has received little attention within previous academic studies across a variety of disciplines (voluntary sector studies; the sociology of religion; Christian social ethics; and evangelical, charismatic and Pentecostal theology). In addressing these gaps, this study achieves two main purposes. Firstly, it enables greater understanding of charismatic-evangelical motivation and urban practice. Secondly, it reflects theologically on such motivation and practice, and articulates a distinctive practical charismatic-evangelical urban social ethic. To do this, the study drew on models of practical theology to integrate qualitative research with theological reflection. Given the under-researched nature of the subject area, an exploratory, inductive, and multi-method research approach was chosen. This combined an ethnographic study of a charismatic-evangelical urban church with focus groups in a further three charismatic-evangelical churches. Analysis of the qualitative data gathered led to the identification of six tensions that characterise contemporary charismatic-evangelical urban practice. An engagement with other bodies of literature then found that all six tensions have some resonance with the findings of previous research in voluntary sector studies and the sociology of religion. However, it also revealed that the experience of UK charismatic-evangelical urban churches challenges certain established understandings in these disciplines. The task of (more explicit) theological reflection involved a series of facilitated dialogues between charismatic-evangelical urban practice and theoretical approaches to Christian social ethics. These dialogues then led on to an attempt to construct a distinctive practical charismatic-evangelical urban social ethic. This is presented as a creative response to the tensions encountered in charismatic-evangelical urban practice that is both consistent with charismatic-evangelical convictions and open to insights from other traditions. The thesis makes two main contributions to academic knowledge. Firstly, it brings a greater understanding of charismatic-evangelical urban practice to the disciplines of voluntary sector studies and the sociology of religion. Secondly, it represents both a contribution and a challenge to established theoretical perspectives in Christian social ethics and evangelical theology. Contributing as it does to a variety of academic disciplines, as well as enhancing institutional and professional knowledge, this is a not a prepositional thesis, but a foundational one. As such, it opens up a new field of enquiry and sets out theoretical conceptions intended to provoke further scholarly enquiry and reflective practice.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:47:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Flavia Valeria Cassimiro Braga Melo.pdf: 5517872 bytes, checksum: 59bd5c1a30cf96199ec1e9059f8331f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-02-28 / This dissertation investigates the acting of the evangelical church in the prison of Goiânia. Three churches will be observed: Universal of the Kinydon of God (Universal do Reino de Deus), God is Love (Deus é Amor) and Light for the People (Luz para os Povos). This study analyzes the religion represented by these churches based on the necessity and difficulty lived by prisoner in the jail. This text is based in the sociology of religion establishing parameters that justify the intention of these churches, the prisoner and the jail when relating. / Esta dissertação investiga a atuação das igrejas evangélicas dentro da prisão em Goiânia. Três igrejas serão observadas: Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor e Igreja Luz para os Povos. Este estudo analisa o funcionamento da religião representado por estas igrejas face às necessidades e dificuldades vividas pelo presidiário dentro do cárcere. O texto baseia-se na sociologia da religião estabelecendo parâmetros que justificam as intenções das igrejas, dos presos e da prisão ao se relacionarem.

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1994. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-150).

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-165).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Columbia International University, 2004. / Abstract. "September, 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-119).

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 316-327).

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Western Seminary, Portland, OR, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-165).

Project Thesis (D. Min.)--Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 316-327).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Columbia International University, 2004. / Abstract. "September, 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-119).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lidia Maria de Lima.pdf: 1316954 bytes, checksum: e861c49a42901d539717901ba935e801 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-02 / This research analyzes the religious transit of people who had their religious biography marked by the participation/involvement in evangelical practices and who currently declare themselves practitioners of Candomblé and Umbanda rituals in the ABCD Paulista region. In order to accomplish this research, we interviewed religious leaders who helped us to understand the organization of Umbanda and Candomblé terreiros in the region; we also applied 80 questionnaires in eight terreiros all around the region, in order to understand the socio-economic profile of the participants. During the analyses of the questionnaires, it was verified the occurrence of transit, in an even more intense way among the Umbamba practitioners, and we analyzed the motivations for that religious move, identifying also the gender motivations, besides the relations of symbolic exchange established among the members and the religious institutions. We verified the main evangelical groups in which those religious subjects transited, observing possible resemblances, as well as their moving away from their worship practices and the African-Brazilian worship practices. / Esta pesquisa analisa o trânsito religioso de pessoas que tiveram a sua biografia religiosa marcada pela participação/envolvimento em cultos evangélicos e que atualmente se declaram praticantes de ritos de candomblé e umbanda na região do ABCD paulista . Para a realização da mesma conduzimos entrevistas com líderes religiosos que nos ajudaram a compreender a organização dos terreiros de umbanda e candomblé na região; também aplicamos 80 questionários em oito terreiros espalhados pela região, compreendendo assim o perfil socioeconômico de seus frequentadores. Durante a análise dos questionários verificou-se a ocorrência do trânsito, de maneira ainda mais intensa entre praticantes da umbanda, e analisamos as motivações para esta movimentação religiosa, identificando ainda as motivações de gênero para esta movimentação, além das relações de trocas simbólicas estabelecidas entre os fiéis e as instituições religiosas. Verificamos os principais grupos evangélicos por onde estes sujeitos religiosos transitaram, observando possíveis semelhanças, bem como o distanciamento de suas práticas cúlticas e as práticas dos cultos afro-brasileiros.