The building of christians: a case study of cell group church in Hong Kong.

Lam Kit.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-215).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgements --- p.iiiChapter 1. --- IntroductionChapter 1.1 --- Background of the Study --- p.3Chapter 1.2 --- Focus of the Study --- p.19Chapter 1.3 --- Methodology --- p.20Chapter 1.4 --- Structure of This Thesis --- p.23Chapter 1.5 --- Limitations --- p.25Chapter 1.6 --- Summary --- p.27Chapter 2. --- Literature ReviewChapter 2.1 --- "Religion: Differentiating the ""Sacred"" from the ""Profane""" --- p.30Chapter 2.2 --- Secularization of Protestant Christianity --- p.34Chapter 2.3 --- Individualization in Religion: A Sociological Perspective --- p.43Chapter 2.4 --- "Individualization - ""New"" Form of Protestant Christianity in the New Paradigm" --- p.51Chapter 2.5 --- Collective Life of Christians in the New Paradigm --- p.54Chapter 2.6 --- Practice of Spirituality in the New Paradigm Church --- p.60Chapter 2.7 --- Summaiy --- p.62Chapter 3. --- Background of ASK ChurchChapter 3.1 --- The Social Community of ASK Church --- p.65Chapter 3.2 --- The Physical Setting of ASK Church --- p.66Chapter 3.3 --- The Congregation of ASK Church --- p.68Chapter 3.4 --- Tbe Official Organization of ASK Church --- p.73Chapter 3.5 --- Zones and Cell Groups of ASK Church --- p.77Chapter 3.6 --- An Evaluation of ASK Church --- p.79Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.80Chapter 4. --- The Building of Christians: The Individualization of Religion in ASK ChurchChapter 4.1 --- The Christian Way of Living Our Lives --- p.82Chapter 4.2 --- Individualization of the Church： Believers as Church --- p.88Chapter 4.3 --- The Practice of Spirituality: Faith in Action --- p.99Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.118Chapter 5. --- The Building of Christians: The Mechanism of ASK ChurchChapter 5.1 --- Tuning in the ASK Channel --- p.121Chapter 5.2 --- """Fai Chai"" theology- A Theology for Logs of No Use" --- p.125Chapter 5.3 --- Cell Groups in ASK Church --- p.127Chapter 5.4 --- A Supportive Atmosphere in ASK Church --- p.155Chapter 5.5 --- Celebration in ASK Church --- p.163Chapter 5.6 --- Summary --- p.174Chapter 6. --- ConclusionChapter 6.1 --- The Role of Church in Building Christians --- p.176Chapter 6.2 --- A Secular Road to the Sacred --- p.178Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion: Individualization and the Building of Christians in a Cell Church --- p.184Chapter 6.4 --- The Next Mile: Implications for Future Research --- p.186Appendix: Background information of ASK Church Members Interviewed… --- p.189Bibliography --- p.20