Congregation & community

著者

    • Ammerman, Nancy Tatom
    • Farnsley, Arthur Emery

書誌事項

Congregation & community

Nancy Tatom Ammerman, with Arthur E. Farnsley II ... [et al.]

Rutgers University Press, c1997

  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Congregation and community

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-422) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780813523347

内容説明

Change--in population, economy, and culture--is sweeping through American communities. Corner groceries are stocking new foods. New roads are being built and Main Streets abandoned. Schools have come and gone, and old friends move away as strangers arrive. But in every community, no matter how volatile, religious institutions provide for their members places of moral guidance and spiritual nurture, civic participation, and identity. How do congregations react to significant community change? Why do some religious institutions decline in the face of racial integration while others adapt and grow? How do congregations make sense of economic distress? Do they provide havens from community upheaval or vehicles for change? Congregation and Community is the most comprehensive study to date of congregations in the face of community transformation. Nancy Ammerman and her colleagues include stories of over twenty congregations in nine communities from across the nation, communities with new immigrant populations, growing groups of gays and lesbians, rapid suburbanization, and economic dislocations. With almost half of the nation's population attending religious services each week, it is impossible to understand change in American society without a close look at congregations. Congregation and Community will exist as a standard resource for years to come, and clergy, academics, and general readers alike will benefit from its insights.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780813523354

内容説明

Change--in population, economy, and culture--is sweeping through American communities. Corner groceries are stocking new foods. New roads are being built and Main Streets abandoned. Schools have come and gone, and old friends move away as strangers arrive. But in every community, no matter how volatile, religious institutions provide for their members places of moral guidance and spiritual nurture, civic participation, and identity. How do congregations react to significant community change? Why do some religious institutions decline in the face of racial integration while others adapt and grow? How do congregations make sense of economic distress? Do they provide havens from community upheaval or vehicles for change? Congregation and Community is the most comprehensive study to date of congregations in the face of community transformation. Nancy Ammerman and her colleagues include stories of over twenty congregations in nine communities from across the nation, communities with new immigrant populations, growing groups of gays and lesbians, rapid suburbanization, and economic dislocations. With almost half of the nation's population attending religious services each week, it is impossible to understand change in American society without a close look at congregations. Congregation and Community will exist as a standard resource for years to come, and clergy, academics, and general readers alike will benefit from its insights.

目次

List of Tables Acknowledgments 1 Congregation and Community: Introductions 2 Persistence in the Face of Change 3 Relocating: New Places, New Identities 4 Adaptation: Integrating Gay and Straight 5 Adaptation: Integrating across Cultures 6 AdaptationL Creating New Internal Structures 7 Innovation: Birth and Rebirth 8 How Congregations Change 9 Congregation and Community: Conclusions Appendix A: Focus Questions Appendix B: Congregational Survey Notes Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index

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