Shaping the church's future: The grace of creative faithfulness
Key indicators of active engagement in the life of the Christian Church have been in steady decline in Australia, as in other parts of the world, for the last few decades. Departures from once-customary forms of religious belonging are now so common that sociologists of religion have devised a disti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-73 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDB Roman Catholic Church NBK Soteriology RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
God (Christianity); Faithfulness
B Christian sociology; Catholic Church B Faith; Religious aspects; Christianity B Spiritual life; Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | Key indicators of active engagement in the life of the Christian Church have been in steady decline in Australia, as in other parts of the world, for the last few decades. Departures from once-customary forms of religious belonging are now so common that sociologists of religion have devised a distinctive vocabulary for the phenomenon. No longer do older terms such as 'drifted away', 'non-practising', or 'lapsed' adequately account for statistics documenting the reduced practice of Christian faith. The unique element of the contemporary context is that many people have explicitly renounced participation in the church, opting to forego any engagement with religious faith and the churches that propagate it. The newly-coined sociological terms that capture the decisive character of this choice include 'disaffiliated', 'nones', and 'dones'. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.T2024040300007091580656975 |