The Desecularisation Of The City
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Author | : David Goodhew |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2018-09-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 135116774X |
Major cities have long been seen as centres of secularisation. However, the number of congregations in London grew by 50% between 1979 and the present. London’s churches have been characterised more by growth than by decline in the decades since 1980. The Desecularisation of the City provides the first academic survey of churches in London over recent decades, linking them to similar developments in other major cities across the West. Produced by a large team of scholars from a range of disciplines, this volume offers a striking and original portrait of congregational life in London since 1980. Seventeen chapters explore the diverse localities, ethnicities and denominations that make up the church in contemporary London. The vitality of London’s churches in the last four decades shows that secularisation is far from inevitable in the cities of the future. This study necessitates a significant reassessment of the dominant academic portrayal of Christianity in Britain and the West, which has, mostly, depicted cities as secular spaces within a secularising culture. It will be of great interest to scholars working across a wide range of disciplines, including history, sociology, religious studies and theology.
Author | : David Goodhew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : London (England) |
ISBN | : 9781351167765 |
Major cities have long been seen as centres of secularisation. However, the number of congregations in London grew by 50% between 1979 and the present. London's churches have been characterised more by growth than by decline in the decades since 1980. The Desecularisation of the City provides the first academic survey of churches in London over recent decades, linking them to similar developments in other major cities across the West. Produced by a large team of scholars from a range of disciplines, this volume offers a striking and original portrait of congregational life in London since 1980. Seventeen chapters explore the diverse localities, ethnicities and denominations that make up the church in contemporary London. The vitality of London's churches in the last four decades shows that secularisation is far from inevitable in the cities of the future. This study necessitates a significant reassessment of the dominant academic portrayal of Christianity in Britain and the West, which has, mostly, depicted cities as secular spaces within a secularising culture. It will be of great interest to scholars working across a wide range of disciplines, including history, sociology, religious studies and theology
Author | : Harvey Gallagher Cox |
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Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Harvey Cox |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Church and the world |
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Author | : Harvey Cox |
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Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Church and the world |
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Author | : National Education Association of the United States |
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Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Cox |
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Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : Harvey E. Cox |
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Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : Harvey Cox |
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Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1967 |
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Author | : Liliana Gómez |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2012-02-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1441183949 |
This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search for meaning in life. As the process of urbanization of society is accelerating thus giving an increasing importance to cities and the 'metropolis', it is relevant to investigate the social or cultural cohesion that these urban agglomerations manifest. Religion is keenly observed as witnessing a growth, crucially impacting cultural and political dynamics, as well as determining the emergence of new sacred symbols and their inscription in urban spaces worldwide. The sacred has become an important category of a new interpretation of social and cultural transformation processes. From a unique broader perspective, the volume focuses on the relationship between the city and the sacred. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of philosophers, historians, architects, social geographers, sociologists and anthropologists, it draws a nuanced picture of the different layers of religion, of the sacred and its diverse forms within the city, with examples from Europe, South America and the Caribbean, and Africa.