Penny E. Becker

Congregations in Conflict

Cultural Models of Local Religious Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are more than 300,000 religious congregations in the United States; these communities have more members and generate more participation than any other set of voluntary organizations in American society. This picture of dynamism belies recent, prevailing scholarship that perceives a decline in traditional religious authority, in Americans' commitment to organized religion, and in religious institutions' level of public engagement. Penny Edgell Becker, in this pioneering comparative study of local congregations, argues that the case for declinein community, in commitment, in public engagement - does not stand up to closer scrutiny. Congregations in Conflict: Cultural Models of Local Religious Life examines the nature of American congregations as institutions, looking in particular at how they deal with conflict within their ranks, to gain insight into religious culture, or the moral order of local religious life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780521594622
• ISBN-10: 0521594626
• Artikelnr.: 21481945

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'Who we are' and 'how we do things here'
2. The congregations of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park
3. Houses of worship
4. Family congregations
5. Community congregations
6. Leaders
7. Congregations in transition
8. Congregational models
9. American Congregational religion
Endnotes
Appendices
References.