A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Studying Change in Religious Organizations: A Discourse-Centered Framework
Authors: Marcus Moberg
Publisher: BRILL
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Journal name in source: METHOD & THEORY IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION
Journal acronym: METH THEORY STUD REL
Volume: 32
Issue: 2
First page : 89
Last page: 114
Number of pages: 26
ISSN: 0943-3058
eISSN: 1570-0682
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341472
Abstract
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.
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.
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