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Author De Groot, Kees, author

Title The Liquidation of the Church / Kees de Groot
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Series Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART 1 Religion in liquid modernity; Introduction: what's going on?; 1 An organizational perspective; PART 2 Parish and beyond: ecclesial maneuvers in fluidity; 2 A solid church enters liquid modernity; 3 The modern parish dealing with choice; 4 Movements and events: ambivalence towards liquid modernity; PART 3 Losing control: ecclesial initiatives within the secular sphere; 5 God in the living: celebrating Mass through the television screen; 6 The Christian tradition on the spiritual market; 7 Spiritual care: the devastating success of chaplaincy
PART 4 The world takes over: the use of religion in the secular sphere8 The religious co- production of mental health care; 9 Private matters: the presentation of religion in a museum; 10 Playing with religion in contemporary theatre; PART 5 Conclusion; 11 The liquidation of the church; Index
Summary "Is religion dying out in Western societies? Is personal spirituality taking its place? Both stories are inadequate. Institutional religion is not simply coming to an end in Western societies. Rather, its assets and properties are redistributed: large parts of the church have gone into liquidation. Religion is crossing the boundaries of the parish and appears in other social contexts. In the fields of leisure, health care and contemporary culture, religion has an unexpected currency. The metaphor of liquidation provides an alternative to approaches that merely perceive the decline of religion or a spiritual revolution. Religion is becoming liquid. By examining a number of case studies in the Netherlands and beyond, including World Youth Day, television, spiritual centers, chaplaincy, mental healthcare, museums and theatre, this book develops a fresh way to look at religion in late modernity and produces new questions for theological and sociological debate. It is both an exercise in sociology and an exercise in practical theology conceived as the engaged study of religious praxis. As such, the aim is not only to get a better understanding of what is going on, but also to critique one-sided views and to provide alternative perspectives for those who are active in the religious field or its surroundings."--Provided by publisher
Subject Christianity -- 20th century.
Christianity -- 21st century.
Christianity -- Forecasting.
Church -- Forecasting
Church attendance -- Forecasting
Spirituality -- Christianity -- Forecasting
Church property.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
RELIGION -- General.
Christianity
Christianity -- Forecasting
Church -- Forecasting
Church property
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315592527
1315592525