Hillsong and "megachurch" Practice: Semiotics, spatial logic and the embodiment of contemporary evangelical Protestantism

Material Religion

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-305

  Goh, Robbie B H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Asia Research Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hillsong Church; Material practice; Megachurch; Semiotics of size; Spatial logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049194391     PISSN: 17432200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175183408X376665     Document Type: Article

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