Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology)

ISBN 10: 1409425762 / ISBN 13: 9781409425762

Published by Routledge, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409425762
• ISBN 13: 9781409425762
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 520 grams

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Synopsis

There has been substantial church growth in Britain between 1980 and 2010. This is the controversial conclusion from the international team of scholars, who have drawn on interdisciplinary studies and the latest research from across the UK. Such church growth is seen to be on a large scale, is multi-ethnic and can be found across a wide range of social and geographical contexts. It is happening inside mainline denominations but especially in specific regions such as London, in newer churches and amongst ethnic minorities. Church Growth in Britain provides a forceful critique of the notion of secularisation which dominates much of academia and the media - and which conditions the thinking of many churches and church leaders. This book demonstrates that, whilst decline is happening in some parts of the church, this needs to be balanced by recognition of the vitality of large swathes of the Christian church in Britain. Rebalancing the debate in this way requires wholesale change in our understanding of contemporary British Christianity.

About the Author

David Goodhew is an Anglican priest and Director of Ministerial Practice at Cranmer Hall, an Anglican theological college which is part of St John's College, Durham. A former fellow and chaplain of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and an experienced parish priest, he has published widely in the field of modern British church history and South African history, including the first monograph-length study of a South African township, Respectability and Resistance: a History of Sophiatown