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1 online resource (385 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Religion Ser |
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Routledge Studies in Religion Ser
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; SECTION I The desecularisation of the city; 1 The Desecularisation of the City: London's Churches, 1980 to the Present; SECTION II Changes in London's churches, 1980 to the present; 2 The demography of religion in London since 1980; 3 The 2012 London Church Census; 4 Walking down the Old Kent Road: new black-majority churches in the London Borough of Southwark; 5 New churches in Newham; 6 Using geotagged Twitter data to uncover hidden church populations |
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7 Growth and decline in London Methodism, 1980 to the presentSECTION III Ethnicity and London's churches; 8 Mission out of Africa: the case of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in London; 9 Brazilian churches in London; 10 Capital-wide missions and the rise of London's black-led churches; 11 Demographics and the Russian Orthodox Church in London; SECTION IV Denominational shifts; 12 London's new churches: the example of the Newfrontiers network; 13 The Diocese of London and the Anglican church in London, 1980 to the present; 14 Anglican church planting in East London, circa 2005-2015 |
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15 Visibly different: continuity and change at Westminster CathedralSECTION V The wider historical and sociological contexts; 16 Church decline and growth in London: taking the long view; 17 London's churches: sociological perspectives; Index |
| Summary |
Major cities have long been seen as centres of secularisation. However, the number of congregations in London grew by 50% between 1979 and the present. London's churches have been characterised more by growth than by decline in the decades since 1980. The Desecularisation of the City provides the first academic survey of churches in London over recent decades, linking them to similar developments in other major cities across the West. Produced by a large team of scholars from a range of disciplines, this volume offers a striking and original portrait of congregational life in London since 1980. Seventeen chapters explore the diverse localities, ethnicities and denominations that make up the church in contemporary London. The vitality of London's churches in the last four decades shows that secularisation is far from inevitable in the cities of the future. This study necessitates a significant reassessment of the dominant academic portrayal of Christianity in Britain and the West, which has, mostly, depicted cities as secular spaces within a secularising culture. It will be of great interest to scholars working across a wide range of disciplines, including history, sociology, religious studies and theology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Religion and sociology -- England -- London
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Religion and sociology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Anglican.
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Catholic.
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Church.
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Church Growth.
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Cities.
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Contemporary Religion.
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David Goodhew.
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Ecclesiology.
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London.
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London Methodism.
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London's Churches.
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Orthodox.
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Pentecostal.
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Secularisation.
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Sociology of Religion.
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Urban.
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2012 London Church Census.
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Religion and sociology.
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England -- London.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooper, Anthony-Paul
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| ISBN |
9781351167758 |
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1351167758 |
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135116774X |
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9781351167741 |
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1351167731 |
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9781351167765 |
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9781351167734 |
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1351167766 |
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0815348177 |
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9780815348177 |
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