RT Book T1 Congregational studies in the UK: Christianity in a post-Christian context T2 Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology A2 Woodhead, Linda 1964- A2 Tusting, Karin 1973- LA English PP New York PB Routledge YR 2016 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/885876881 AB Part One.The emerging field --Congregational studies : taking stock /Linda Woodhead, Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting --The rise of congregational studies in the USA /Arthur Farnsley --'Conference people' : congregational studies in a globalizing world /Simon Coleman --Part Two.Congregations in the UK --The effects of evangelical renewal on mainstream congregational identities : a Welsh case study /Paul Chambers --'Friendship, fellowship and acceptance' : the public discourse of a thriving evangelical congregation /Mathew Guest --Display and division : congregational conflict among Roman Catholics /Peter McGrail --Congregations, narratives and identity : a Quaker case study /Peter Collins --Congregational cultures and the boundaries of identity /Timothy Jenkins --Part Three.Theoretical and methodological issues --The messiness of studying congregations using ethnographic methods /Frances Ward --Are congregations associations? : the contribution of organizational studies to congregational studies /Helen Cameron --Priests, parish and people : reconceiving a relationship /Douglas Davies --Denominational cultures : the Cinderella of congregational studies? /Philip Richter --The significance of gender for congregational studies /Kristin Aune --Putting congregational studies to work : ethnography, consultancy and change/Martin Stringer. NO First published in 2004 by Ashgate Publishing. - Includes bibliographical references. - Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 8, 2017) NO Includes bibliographical references CN BR759 SN 9781351949613 SN 1351949616 K1 Christian Sociology : Great Britain K1 Church Growth : Great Britain K1 Church History K1 Church Growth K1 RELIGION ; Christianity ; History K1 Christian Sociology K1 Great Britain : Church history : 20th century : Great Britain K1 Great Britain : Church history : 20th century K1 Great Britain K1 Electronic books : Church history K1 Aufsatzsammlung