Communal and Associational Churches
The inadequacy of the church-sect typology for the analysis of the changes taking place in the structure of traditional religious groups within urban-industrial societies has made necessary the development of new conceptual tools for the study of the processes and directions of change in such groups...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1971
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Review of religious research
Year: 1971, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 102-110 |
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| Summary: | The inadequacy of the church-sect typology for the analysis of the changes taking place in the structure of traditional religious groups within urban-industrial societies has made necessary the development of new conceptual tools for the study of the processes and directions of change in such groups. One such typology is derived from the distinction between community and association, and a typological continuum extending from communal to associational churches is proposed. While churches may develop in either direction along this continuum, it is to be expected that churches will become more associational in the urban environment. This model has been applied to the analysis of a city center church in Birmingham, England. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510083 |