Umbrellas of Conservative Belief:

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" Umbrellas of Conservative Belief: "
Paul Vermeer, Peer Scheepers, Paul Vermeer, et al.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072277
Doc. No	:	LA115906
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15709256-12341352‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Vermeer
	:	Peer Scheepers
Title & Author	:	Umbrellas of Conservative Belief: [Article] : Explaining the Success of Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands\ Paul Vermeer, Peer Scheepers, Paul Vermeer, et al.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Empirical Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/1
Page No	:	1–24
Abstract	:	Dutch society is characterized by a high degree of religious dis-affiliation and non-affiliation and most religious communities are facing hard times in the Netherlands. But there are also exceptions. Against the contemporary current of ongoing secularization, some religious communities seem to thrive like never before and even attract new members. But why is that? Why do some religious communities succeed in retaining and also attracting new members while others fail? This article focuses on successful evangelical congregations in the Netherlands and tries to account for their relative success. On the basis of a subcultural identity theory, it is argued that the success of evangelical congregations is largely due to the fact that they offer protective umbrellas of conservative belief in an otherwise very secular context. This line of thought is substantiated with empirical findings from a current research project into thriving evangelical congregations in the Netherlands. The article closes with some theoretical reflections on the future of evangelicalism in contemporary Dutch society. Dutch society is characterized by a high degree of religious dis-affiliation and non-affiliation and most religious communities are facing hard times in the Netherlands. But there are also exceptions. Against the contemporary current of ongoing secularization, some religious communities seem to thrive like never before and even attract new members. But why is that? Why do some religious communities succeed in retaining and also attracting new members while others fail? This article focuses on successful evangelical congregations in the Netherlands and tries to account for their relative success. On the basis of a subcultural identity theory, it is argued that the success of evangelical congregations is largely due to the fact that they offer protective umbrellas of conservative belief in an otherwise very secular context. This line of thought is substantiated with empirical findings from a current research project into thriving evangelical congregations in the Netherlands. The article closes with some theoretical reflections on the future of evangelicalism in contemporary Dutch society.
Descriptor	:	evangelicalism
Descriptor	:	secularization
Descriptor	:	subcultural identity theory
Descriptor	:	the Netherlands
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15709256-12341352‬