Author: Kofi Abrefa BusiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Urban Churches in Britain
Author: Kofi Abrefa BusiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The City Churches
Author: Henry William ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Local Churches in New Urban Britain, 1890-1975
Author: Grant MasomPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303048095X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
“This monograph is an important contribution to our understanding of the varied fortunes of British Christianity during the twentieth century.” - Rev Dr Andrew Atherstone, Tutor in Church History and Latimer Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK “This book is an important and original work. Anyone interested in twentieth-century Christianity in Britain will learn much from it. Grant Masom enables the reader to make sense of the new urban spaces that became a key part of British life in the last hundred years.” - Rev Dr David Goodhew, Visiting Fellow of St Johns College, Durham University, UK “This ground-breaking study adds new depth to our understanding of the importance of religion in English life and the role of the churches in shaping their own destiny in the first three-quarters of the twentieth century.” - Dr Mark Smith, Associate Professor in History, University of Oxford, UK This book contributes to the ongoing academic debates on secularisation—or the marginalisation of mainstream religious beliefs and practices—in twentieth-century British society. It addresses three areas in which the current literature is weak: the ‘agency’ of organised religion in the outcomes described as secularisation, rather than explanations based on external challenges (such as the ‘modernisation’ of society and thought, increased affluence, and more leisure choices); a focus on urban areas transformed by twentieth-century industrialisation and suburbanisation; and an extended time period to the end of the third quarter of the twentieth century, allowing proper consideration of long-term trends alongside short-term upheavals such as the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the social changes of the 1960s. Further, the book employs a distinctly different, highly data-driven approach, considers all religious movements, and sets its conclusions within the wider social and cultural context of a representative community.
Faith in the City
Author: Church of England. Commission on Urban Priority AreasPublisher: Church House Pub
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Four years after Lord Scarman's report on the Brixton disorders, and at a time of continuing urban unrest, what future is there for our inner cities and housing estates? How should the Church of England, and other bodies, including government, respond? This was the brief given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to a distinguished 18-member Commission drawn from a wide range of backgrounds. After two years of taking evidence and visiting the major cities where economic, physical and social conditions are at their most acute and depressing, the Commission's report paints a disturbing picture. The report makes recommendations to the Church about its place and responsibilities in the urban priority areas. Important recommendations are also made about public policy issues: unemployment, housing, social and community work, education, policing, and urban policy. In its call for action on a broad front, the Commission argues that Church and State must have faith in the city. There needs to be a clear commitment - and a positive response - by the nation as a whole.
London
Author: Simon BradleyPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300096552
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
More than fifty astonishingly varied churches, a group of buildings without parallel anywhere in the world, are crowded into Europe's financial centre, the City of London. Simon Bradley explores their unique history, arcitecture, rich fittings and stained glass. Lost churches are listed, and their little known churchyards explored. Numerous text figures and excellent photographs (newly taken by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments) help make this the indispensable guide to the church architecture of London's ancient 'Square Mile'. London: The City Churches is the second paperback addition to Pevsner's Buildings of England series.
Staying in the City
Author: Church of England. Bishops' Advisory Group on Urban Priority AreasPublisher: Church House Publishing
ISBN: 9780715137802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This report from the Bishops' Advisory Group on Urban Priority Areas reviews what has been done since "Faith in the City" and looks forward to the challenges which the Church must face if it wants to maintain its presence in the city.
The Desecularisation of the City
Author: David GoodhewPublisher: Routledge Studies in Religion
ISBN: 9780367585587
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book provides the first academic survey of churches in London over recent decades, linking them to similar developments in other major cities across the West. The vitality of London's churches in the last four decades shows that secularisation is far from inevitable in the cities of the future.
The City Churches
Author: Margaret Emma TaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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The City of London Churches
Author: John BetjemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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London City Churches
Author: Leigh HattsPublisher: Bankside Press
ISBN: 0954570502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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