Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One A ‘weird babel of tongues’: charisma in the modern world
- Chapter Two ‘Faith which conquers the world’: globalisation and charisma
- Chapter Three Sweden: national ‘state’ and global ‘site’
- Chapter Four The Word of Life: organising global culture
- Chapter Five Words: from narrative to embodiment
- Chapter Six Aesthetics: from iconography to architecture
- Chapter Seven Broadcasting the faith
- Chapter Eight Expansive agency
- Chapter Nine Contesting the nation
- Chapter Ten The Word and the world
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One A ‘weird babel of tongues’: charisma in the modern world
- Chapter Two ‘Faith which conquers the world’: globalisation and charisma
- Chapter Three Sweden: national ‘state’ and global ‘site’
- Chapter Four The Word of Life: organising global culture
- Chapter Five Words: from narrative to embodiment
- Chapter Six Aesthetics: from iconography to architecture
- Chapter Seven Broadcasting the faith
- Chapter Eight Expansive agency
- Chapter Nine Contesting the nation
- Chapter Ten The Word and the world
- References
- Index
Summary
Hi! … Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know more or if you want to have intercession. You can also find out where I'm preaching – just look at my diary. Come to our meetings, but I'm warning you! You might get blessed!
These words, and quite a few others, were recently addressed to me by a Swedish preacher called Stefan Salmonsson. I first encountered Stefan in the mid-1980s, when he was working as a part-time bus driver while beginning his career as a youth evangelist. Over the years, I have sat in the congregation and listened to many of his sermons. This time, however, my appreciation of Stefan's words was a little different from usual. Instead of sitting in a church hall I was in my departmental office, in England, waiting for a tardy student to come and see me. I had switched on my computer and typed the name of the ministry Stefan works for into my Internet connection. Within a couple of minutes I found Stefan greeting me (and, of course, any number of other possible visitors) when I located his home page. The site was new to me, but I was impressed by what it was offering. By clicking on the highlighted words I could gain instant access to Stefan's movements over the next few months or ask him to pray over any personal ‘need’ I might have.
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- The Globalisation of Charismatic Christianity , pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000
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