Religion and local civil society: participation and change in a post-industrial village

The relationship between religion and civil society at the macro-level has attracted the attention of sociologists of religion but empirical detail of how religion is connected to the social relations and practices that constitute local civil society is relatively lacking. This article explores the...

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Authors: Davis, Howard H. 1948- (Author) ; Dallimore, David (Author) ; Eichsteller, Marta (Author) ; Mann, Robin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2021
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 287-309
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wales / Postindustrial society / Religion / Civil society
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBF British Isles
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Participation
B Civil Society
B Locality
B Wales
B Religion
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Summary:The relationship between religion and civil society at the macro-level has attracted the attention of sociologists of religion but empirical detail of how religion is connected to the social relations and practices that constitute local civil society is relatively lacking. This article explores the contemporary social and communal significance of the religious dimension in local civil society using the authors’ ethnographic fieldwork and biographical interviews in a post-industrial village in North East Wales. Data on social change and participation in the locality include evidence of decline in religious affiliation and practice alongside the persistence of religion in the built environment, family ties, memory, and sense of belonging. The evidence can be used to inform a number of recent debates in both the sociology of religion and studies of civil society, including (post)secularity, religiously motivated social action, networks and associations, beliefs and belonging.
ISSN:1469-9419
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1936967