Congregational Studies in the UK : Christianity in a Post-Christian Context.

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Main Author: Tusting, Karin
Other Authors: Guest, Mathew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2004
Series:Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Emerging Field
  • 1 Congregational Studies: Taking Stock
  • 2 The Rise of Congregational Studies in the USA
  • 3 'Conference People': Congregational Studies in a Globalizing World
  • Part Two: Congregations in the UK
  • 4 The Effects of Evangelical Renewal on Mainstream Congregational Identities: A Welsh Case Study
  • 5 'Friendship, Fellowship and Acceptance': The Public Discourse of a Thriving Evangelical Congregation
  • 6 Display and Division: Congregational Conflict among Roman Catholics
  • 7 Congregations, Narratives and Identity: A Quaker Case Study
  • 8 Congregational Cultures and the Boundaries of Identity
  • Part Three: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
  • 9 The Messiness of Studying Congregations using Ethnographic Methods
  • 10 Are Congregations Associations? The Contribution of Organizational Studies to Congregational Studies
  • 11 Priests, Parish and People: Reconceiving a Relationship
  • 12 Denominational Cultures: The Cinderella of Congregational Studies?
  • 13 The Significance of Gender for Congregational Studies
  • 14 Putting Congregational Studies to Work: Ethnography, Consultancy and Change
  • Index.