The editors of this volume have assembled the material contained within it in an attempt to recover the main lines of development of the history of congregational studies in the UK, to showcase some of the most interesting recent work in this sphere, and to take stock of congregational studies as a whole.
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"Academic social scientists and church leaders alike have much to learn from this very welcome book." -- Professor Robin Gill, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
"This book is a major advance in congregational studies that will be eagerly read on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Nancy T. Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"This book is a major advance in congregational studies that will be eagerly read on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Nancy T. Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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By the mid-1980s the field of congregational studies in the English-speaking world had produced a sufficiently rich crop for Hopewell (1987) to offer a typological survey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
occasional congregations, congregational studies, case study congregations, denominational cultures, elective parochials, studying congregations, contextualizing studies, denominational characteristics, first communicants, local religious life, congregational identity, congregational study, occasional offices, private honour, congregational culture, new rector, congregational life, organizational studies, evangelical women, congregational leadership Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Word of Life, Church of England, Cambridge University Press, Field Day, Roman Catholic, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Rose Queen, Lilly Endowment, New Brunswick, Oxford University Press, Abingdon Press, Rutgers University Press, Church of God, Charismatic Christianity, Harvest Thanksgiving, Bible Society, John Knox Press, New Haven, Quaker Meeting, Sociological Perspectives, United States, All Saints, Church Growth Movement New!
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By the mid-1980s the field of congregational studies in the English-speaking world had produced a sufficiently rich crop for Hopewell (1987) to offer a typological survey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
occasional congregations, congregational studies, case study congregations, denominational cultures, elective parochials, studying congregations, contextualizing studies, denominational characteristics, first communicants, local religious life, congregational identity, congregational study, occasional offices, private honour, congregational culture, new rector, congregational life, organizational studies, evangelical women, congregational leadership Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Word of Life, Church of England, Cambridge University Press, Field Day, Roman Catholic, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Rose Queen, Lilly Endowment, New Brunswick, Oxford University Press, Abingdon Press, Rutgers University Press, Church of God, Charismatic Christianity, Harvest Thanksgiving, Bible Society, John Knox Press, New Haven, Quaker Meeting, Sociological Perspectives, United States, All Saints, Church Growth Movement New!
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- The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality (Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World) by Paul Heelas in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 21
- Building effective ministry: Theory and practice in the local church by Carl S. Dudley on page 7, page 20, and page 137
- Religion in Modern Britain (Oxford Modern Britain) by Steve Bruce on page 66, page 95, and page 121
- Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II (Studies in Church and State) by Robert Wuthnow on page 23, and page 202
- Beyond Establishment: Protestant Identity in a Post-Protestant Age by Jackson W. Carroll on page 183, and page 184
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