Parishes under Pressure - The Church of England in South Buckinghamshire 1913-1939
Secularisation, or the reducing social significance of religion in the twentieth century, has been widely researched in terms of demand factors, but less so on the supply-side, considering the contributory effects of the strategies and actions of religious organisations themselves. This article...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 317-342 |
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| Summary: | Secularisation, or the reducing social significance of religion in the twentieth century, has been widely researched in terms of demand factors, but less so on the supply-side, considering the contributory effects of the strategies and actions of religious organisations themselves. This article explores these strategies in a group of Anglican churches in South Buckinghamshire in the period leading up to the Second World War, as industrial and population development shifted proportionally to the southeast. This rapid growth and accompanying demographic change posed major challenges to the Church of England, subjecting the parish system to severe pressure. The availability, allocation, and suitability of clergy were a constant concern. The very basis of the Church of England's offer to the average citizen of being the established, national church, there for everyone seemed under threat: in some places, there was simply no church to belong to. Money was in short supply perhaps both a cause and a symptom of other problems. A general issue was how to reach young people, but a specific concern was the funding of church schools. More widely, the church seemed to be losing touch with the changing cultural and moral landscape in which it operated. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12493 |