| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology |
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Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Notes |
Originally published in 2004 by Ashgate Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 8, 2017) |
| Subject |
Christian sociology -- Great Britain
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Church growth -- Great Britain
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christian sociology
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Church growth
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Church history -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056618
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guest, Mathew, editor
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Tusting, Karin, 1973- editor.
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Woodhead, Linda, editor
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| ISBN |
9781351949613 |
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1351949616 |
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