| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages) |
| Contents |
Shaping congregation studies : a scientific approach / Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear -- Profiling adult churchgoers within the Diocese of Southwark : an overview / Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear -- The missing generation : profiling churchgoers in their twenties / David W. Lankshear, Leslie J. Francis -- The people are friendly': listening to 20- to 29-year old churchgoers / Jenny Rolph, Leslie J. Francis, Paul W. Rolph -- The greying generation : profiling churchgoers aged seventy and over / Albert Jewell, Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear -- I don't need encouraging, it's part of my life : listening to churchgoers aged eight and over / Paul w. Rolph, Jenny Rolph, Leslie J. Francis -- Who goes to church in their twenties? : a comparison of occasional and frequent churchgoers / David S. Walker -- The church is very welcoming even though I don't attend often : listening to occasional churchgoers / Paul W. Rolph, Jenny Rolph, Leslie J. Francis -- Church attendance and cohabitation : a study exploring marital status among churchgoers / David W. Lanksherar, Andrew Village, Leslie J. Francis -- Personal predictors of congregational bonding social capital : a study among churchgoers in a multi-cultural society / Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear -- Belonging, ethnicity, and homophily in local congregations : a multivariate analysis / Andrew Village -- Predictors of church growth in the diocese of Southward, 2000-2008 -- The impact of church schools on the attitudes of young churchgoers towards their church and Christian living / Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear -- Understanding the Cathedral congregation : inside Southwark Cathedral / David W. Lankshear, Leslie J. Francis -- The human face of the cathedral : a qualitative enquiry into what draws people to Southwark Cathedral / Leslie J. Francis, Jenny Rolph, Paul W. Rolph -- Psychological type, temperament theory, and religious motivation : exploring the distinctive congregational profile of Southward Cathedral / Leslie J. Francis, Daivd W. Lankshear |
| Summary |
During the past two decades, the Science of Congregation Studies has blossomed significantly in the UK, as well as within the USA and Australia. In this illuminating and thought-provoking volume, Leslie J. Francis' research group draws on the Signs of Growth Survey conducted throughout the Anglican Diocese of Southwark to illustrate how the strength of combined qualitative and quantitative research methods can draw on the insights of psychological theory, sociological theory, and empirical theology to illuminate pressing questions of relevance to the sociology of religion, psychology of religion, practical theology and pastoral studies. Individual chapters discuss the missing generation of young people, the greying generation aged seventy and over, how occasional churchgoers express belonging and commitment, connections between psychological type and religious motivation, and the distinctive characteristics of growing congregations |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 14, 2022) |
| Subject |
Church growth -- Anglican Church.
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Religious gatherings -- Anglican church
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Church growth -- Anglican Church
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Francis, Leslie J., editor.
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Lankshear, David W., editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030761073 |
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303076107X |
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