Communication in Christian groups from movements to organisations

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dc.contributor.advisorKlopper, R.M.
dc.contributor.authorReddy, Mike Megrove
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-20T12:03:47Z
dc.date.available2010-09-20T12:03:47Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of D. Litt. In Communication Science University of Zululand, 2004.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation reports the results of a study made of the forms of communication employed by Judaeo-Christian religious groups when they saw themselves as movements, compared to when they had become organisations. Beginning with ancient Israel, the study documents how forms of communication become elaborated during the organisational phase of groups' existence. The forms of communication used in Christian religious groups are documented from the rime of the eady Christian Church, through the Reformation period, through the 17* century to present-day Christian groups. The dissertation also reports as a case study an empirical analysis of the forms of communication used by the Cell Church and churches with cell groups, both of which are inter-denominational and host regular informal gatherings. It is found that these gatherings display the onset phase characteristics of Christian movements. From a theoretical point of view the research reported here provides evidence in support for the following Christian Religious Communications Hypothesis: Christian religious groups will use a limited number offorms of communication when they perceive themselves as movements and they will expand their forms of communication, as they become organisations, which forms special instance of Klopper (2003)'s general Theory of the Optimisation of Human Communication: Humans optimise a variety of forms of communication within a culture, to ensure immediate direct personal survival and to maintain their culture as a fongterm indirect survival strategy. By confirming the validity of the Christian Religious Communications Hypothesis, the research findings also provide indirect validation for Klopper's general Theory of the Optimisation of Human Communication.en_US
dc.identifier.other304685
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/456
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululand
dc.subjectCommunication--Religious aspects--Christianityen_US
dc.subjectSmall groups--Religious aspectsen_US
dc.subjectCell churches--Religious aspectsen_US
dc.subjectChurch growthen_US
dc.titleCommunication in Christian groups from movements to organisationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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