Congregational studies in the UK: Christianity in a post-Christian context

Part One.The emerging field --Congregational studies : taking stock /Linda Woodhead, Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting --The rise of congregational studies in the USA /Arthur Farnsley --'Conference people' : congregational studies in a globalizing world /Simon Coleman --Part Two.Congregations...

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Contributors: Woodhead, Linda 1964- (Editor) ; Tusting, Karin 1973- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Routledge 2016-2004
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Church congregation
Further subjects:B Christian Sociology
B Collection of essays
B Great Britain Church history 20th century
B Church Growth (Great Britain)
B Christian Sociology (Great Britain)
B Church Growth
B Christian Sociology Great Britain
B Church Growth Great Britain
B Great Britain Church history 20th century Great Britain
B Great Britain
B RELIGION ; Christianity ; History
B Electronic books Church history
B Church History
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Part One.The emerging field --Congregational studies : taking stock /Linda Woodhead, Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting --The rise of congregational studies in the USA /Arthur Farnsley --'Conference people' : congregational studies in a globalizing world /Simon Coleman --Part Two.Congregations in the UK --The effects of evangelical renewal on mainstream congregational identities : a Welsh case study /Paul Chambers --'Friendship, fellowship and acceptance' : the public discourse of a thriving evangelical congregation /Mathew Guest --Display and division : congregational conflict among Roman Catholics /Peter McGrail --Congregations, narratives and identity : a Quaker case study /Peter Collins --Congregational cultures and the boundaries of identity /Timothy Jenkins --Part Three.Theoretical and methodological issues --The messiness of studying congregations using ethnographic methods /Frances Ward --Are congregations associations? : the contribution of organizational studies to congregational studies /Helen Cameron --Priests, parish and people : reconceiving a relationship /Douglas Davies --Denominational cultures : the Cinderella of congregational studies? /Philip Richter --The significance of gender for congregational studies /Kristin Aune --Putting congregational studies to work : ethnography, consultancy and change/Martin Stringer.
Item Description:First published in 2004 by Ashgate Publishing. - Includes bibliographical references. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 8, 2017)
Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:1351949616