Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Godly Love and Post-Modern Christianity: An Introduction

2 The Man, the Myth, and the Vision

3 An Emerging Church Family and the Family Business

4 Charisma and Spiritual Transformation

5 Godly Love as Emotional Energy

6 The BnF Family and the Homeless Poor

7 Ideology and Tradition in Conflict

8 Smoke, Mirrors, and Holy Madness

9 Epilogue: A Social Scientific Assessment of Godly Love

Appendix A: Margaret Poloma’s Reflections on a Research Journey

Appendix B: Methodological Appendix, with Survey Instrument (B-1) and Scale Construction (B-2)

Appendix C: Statistical Appendix, with Bivariate Matrix (C-1) and Multivariate Analysis (C-2)

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