Jones The Local Church and Generational Change in Birmingham, 1945-2000

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-78204-021-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 84, 236 Seiten

Reihe: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series

An examination of how religious identity changed in twentieth-century England, using Birmingham as a case-study to illuminate wider trends.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Birmingham: the city and its churches
The spectre of 'decline'
Church, youth and family from the 1940s to the 1960s
Life and worship in the local congregation
Church and neighbourhood: four congregational stories
Towards the margins: being Christian in a pluralist society
Conclusion
Appendix: Oral history
Bibliography