New Concepts for New Dynamics: Generating Theory for the Study of Religious Innovation and Social Change

Gerardo Martí · 2017 · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Summary. The Emerging Church movement demonstrates how religious innovation occurs through institutional entrepreneurship. Emerging Christians deconstruct and reframe mainstream Christian beliefs and practices while creating new organizational forms to legitimize their alternative approaches. This collective innovation operates through diffuse networks across geographic spaces and social groups, showing how religious change emerges not from isolated individuals but through coordinated action responding to broader societal conditions.

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Martí, G.. (2017). New Concepts for New Dynamics: Generating Theory for the Study of Religious Innovation and Social Change. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12325

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DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12325
Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28