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- Title
The spatial modalities of evangelical Christian growth in Sri Lanka: evangelism, social ministry and the structural mosaic.
- Authors
Woods, Orlando
- Abstract
This paper incorporates a melange of ideas into a new understanding of evangelical Christian growth. Existing explanations of growth are well rehearsed within the social sciences, and draw clear distinctions between the characteristics of evangelical organisations and the structural contexts in which they operate. A number of theoretical and empirical assumptions render such explanations applicable in some countries, but not others. Drawing on empirical data from Sri Lanka, I argue that closer examination of the recursive relationship between organisation (agency) and context (structure) will lead to recognition of the fact that growth is a spatially defined process, with evangelical organisations being tied to localities in complex and multifarious ways. A heuristic device - the structural mosaic - is proposed and developed in order to account for the growth of evangelical Christian groups in hostile environments around the world.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; CHRISTIAN art &; symbolism; EVANGELISTIC work; MOSAIC structure; CHURCH work
- Publication
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 4, p652
- ISSN
0020-2754
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tran.12004