The spatial modalities of evangelical Christian growth in Sri Lanka : evangelism, social ministry and the structural mosaic
This paper incorporates a melange of ideas into a new understanding of evangelical Christian growth in Sri Lanka. The author argues 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.
Geopolitics, ethics, and the evangelicals' commitment to Sudan
is on American evangelical actors and their specific geopolitical vision, which is largely based on the perceived universal authority of the Bible. The paper also traces the emergence of an ethics of care that has developed within evangelical circles regarding
My Space/Mi Espacio: Evangelical Christianity and Identity Politics in Mexico
Catholics ; Christianity ; Community ; Identification ; Mexico ; Neighbourhood ; Public space ; Religion ; Social geography ; Space ; Territorialisation ; conflict ; evangelical Christianity ; evangélicos ; space
analyses evangelical identity politics and more generally religious competition in contemporary Mexico through a specific focus on the construction, dissemination and imagination of space. The imagination and occupation of a particular space determines
the specific identity of its followers. Since the identity–space construct is primarily anchored in the political, religious, economic and funerary contexts in most societies, these four rubrics are woven together to assess of the evangelical Christian space
–identity construct. The paper furthers research on religious space creation, dissemination and demarcation amongst evangelical Christians in Mexico, and it emphasises the extent to which the strategies of spatial expansion can lead to rigorous intra-faith