Studying Change in Religious Organizations

A Discourse-Centered Framework

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12201852
AutoresMarcus Moberg (0000-0001-6790-191X, Department of the Study of Religion, University of Turku Turku Finland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas89-114
Fecha de publicación2020-01-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMethod & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15700682-12341472
OpenAlexW3002023862
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas22

This article highlights the discourse-driven nature of contemporary processes of religious change. Drawing on the textually-oriented discourse theory and discourse analysis of Fairclough supplemented by additional perspectives from organizational discourse studies, the article outlines a discourse-centered analytic framework for the empirical study of the changing discursive practices and modus operandi of contemporary religious organizations. The framework consists of four analytic factors, each of which highlight the role that discourse plays at various levels of processes of religious organizational change. The article demonstrates the application of the framework in actual practice in relation to empirical examples from five traditional Christian churches in three different national contexts, thus bringing the tangible effects of changing discursive practices on the operations and practices of religious organizations into clear focus

Civil discourse · Discourse analysis · Empirical research · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Relation (database · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology