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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Historiography -- Secularisation -- Internal Secularisation -- Community and Belonging -- Heritage -- Sources and Methodology -- The Case Study Counties and Dioceses -- Redundant Churches -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Church, the State and National Heritage: Contentious Debate -- Early Legislation -- Strengthening the Power of the Church -- Towards a Strategy: Pastoral Measure 1968 (PM1968) |
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The 1968 Measure in Action: Tension and Amendment -- Increasing Financial Need -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Church as an Institution-Finance, Ministry, Repair and Redundancy -- Beginning to Adapt: 1940s and 1950s -- Significant Changes: 1960s and 1970s -- Financial Pressures: 1980s and 1990s -- Issues of Maintenance and Repair -- Bureaucratic Delays and Decay -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Community: Cultural and Demographic Change, Reaction and Response -- Urban Change -- Rural Change -- Responding to Socio-Cultural Change -- Community Response to Church Redundancy |
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Reaction to the Alternative Use of Church Buildings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Personal Religiosity: Belonging, Believing and Behaving -- Religious Choice -- Patterns of Belonging -- Patterns of Behaving -- The Impact of Increasing Religious Diversity -- Attitudes to Non-Christian Purchasers of Redundant Churches -- Churchyard Sales -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Collaboration: Church of England Agencies and the Heritage Movement -- Call for Expert-Led Policy -- Tense Beginnings -- Intervention -- Architectural Value -- Alternative Use and Demolition -- Conclusion |
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Notes -- References -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Redundant Anglican Churches in Leicestershire Closed Before the Pastoral Measure 1968 (Where Information Is Available) -- Appendix 2: Redundant Anglican Churches in Leicestershire, 1968-2000 -- Appendix 3: Churches in Lincolnshire Made Redundant Before 1968 -- Appendix 4: Redundant Anglican Churches in the Lincoln Diocese Since the Pastoral Measure 1968 -- Appendix 5: Twentieth-Century Pastoral Reorganisation In The Lincoln Diocese-Where Information Is Available -- Appendix 6: Flowchart Process for Alternative Use |
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Appendix 7: Dates of Informal Closure and Formal Redundancy -- Appendix 8: Heritage Amenity Societies -- Index |
| Summary |
Church closures are a feature of modern times, occurring on an unprecedented scale, a momentous historical change. Yet few people have analysed this phenomenon. Denise Bonnettes superb book is the exception: a most welcome and fascinating discussion of the reasons and processes of such closures, and what they mean to us today. K. D. M. Snell, University of Leicester, UK This is a compelling book, post-Covid. It rediscovers the historic reasons for the current perilous state of the Church of England. From 1945, cultural changes were a catalyst for shrinking congregations, and crumbling buildings. The Anglican Church wanted to care for all souls but this was an unviable spiritual mission, putting at risk a rich architectural history. Elizabeth Hurren, Chair in Modern History, University of Leicester, UK This book is a reappraisal of Anglican Church redundancy from a cultural perspective. It challenges long-held perceptions about the rationale for church redundancy, particularly secularisation. It argues that redundancy brought to the surface far-reaching social and cultural tensions that remain unresolved to this day, and which the pandemic closure of buildings has reignited. Denise Bonnette is an independent scholar who received her PhD from the University of Leicester, UK |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church of England
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| SUBJECT |
Church of England fast |
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Church closures -- England
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Anglican church buildings -- England
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Anglican church buildings
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Church closures
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031175978 |
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3031175972 |
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