Congregations in conflict : cultural models of local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker. [electron...
Congregations in conflict : cultural models of local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker. [electron...
Congregations in conflict : cultural models of local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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English
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1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
"Who we are" and "how we do things here" : local understandings of mission and identity -- The congregations of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park -- Houses of worship -- Family congregations -- Community congregations -- Leader congregations -- Mixed congregations -- An institutional approach...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Congregations in Conflict 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. In detailed and well documented case studies of conflict in twenty-three congregations Becker examines s...
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Congregations in conflict : cultural models of local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker. [electronic resource]
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Includes bibliographical references (252-264) and index.
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English
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74VK3y7wpRQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3y7wpRQX
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ISBN
1-280-43217-9
1-107-11457-8
0-511-17304-0
0-511-32489-8
0-511-15199-3
0-521-59462-6
0-511-05023-2
0-511-49931-0
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306.6/5/0973
MMS ID
991023912635602626
