Hillsong: A megachurch in the Sydney suburbs

Australian Geographer

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-332

  Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Hillsong; Megachurch; Pentecostalism; Privatisation; Suburbia

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; GLOBALIZATION; RELIGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 33644860860     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180500325710     Document Type: Article

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