This thesis investigates two cases of Christian churches, which as a part of their mission seek to accommodate people who would otherwise not be interested in church. One of these communities consider themselves a part of the global 'emerging church' movement, and the other does not. I argue that both communities are employing what I call 'de-compartmentalization' strategy in order to adopt a pragmatic relationship with social and political issues. Furthermore I discuss the case of the emerging church community as an example of 'paraliminal community'; a concept I develop from the work of Victor Turner and Arnold van Gennep.
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机译：本文研究了两个基督教教堂的案例，作为其使命的一部分，其目的是容纳那些对教堂不感兴趣的人们。这些社区中的一个社区将自己视为全球“新兴教会”运动的一部分，而另一个社区则不然。我认为，这两个社区都在采用我所谓的“非部门化”策略，以便对社会和政治问题采取务实的关系。此外，我讨论了新兴教会社区的案例，以“准分子社区”为例。我是根据Victor Turner和Arnold van Gennep的工作提出的概念。
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