Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. The Origins of Evangelical Management Culture -- 2. The Church Growth Movement and the Birth of Modern Metricspirituality -- 3. Cybernetics, Computers and Christ: How Systems Theory Helped Found the Modern Religious Right -- 4. Networked Churches and the Rise of Church Toyota -- 5. The Christian Right's Technological Infrastructure -- 6. The Evangelical Web -- Conclusion: Managing the Future -- Glossary -- Chapter Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
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