Congregational studies in the UK :
Congregational studies in the UK : Christianity in a post-Christian context /
edited by Mathew Guest, Karin Tusting and Linda Woodhead.
- Aldershot : Ashgate, c2004.
- xvii, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
- Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology .
- Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology .
Includes index
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.
9780754632887
GBA4Y3532 bnb
Religious gatherings--Christianity.--Great Britain
Parishes--Great Britain.
Sociology, Christian.
BR759. / C64 2004
250
Includes index
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.
9780754632887
GBA4Y3532 bnb
Religious gatherings--Christianity.--Great Britain
Parishes--Great Britain.
Sociology, Christian.
BR759. / C64 2004
250