Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Congregational Studies Worldwide: The Future of the Parish and the Free Congregation

Congregational Studies Worldwide: The Future of the Parish and the Free Congregation

Latzel, Thorsten
Wegner, Gerhard

Paperback

Series: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt, Book 1

General ChristianityGeneral Sociology

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 3374049028
ISBN13: 9783374049028
Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Published: May 1 2017
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.81 Width: 4.81 Depth: 7.51
Language: English
In the Christian churches, and in Protestantism in particular, the local gatherings of the faithful - parish and non-territorial free congregations - are of crucial importance. Viewed from a global perspective, they offer an extremely popular format and are growing, as for example in China and Latin America. In central and northern Europe, on the other hand, the Protestant parish and its congregation tend rather to be in decline. What is the current situation of church parishes and congregations? This book presents research into this topic from all over the world. China is among the countries represented, as are the United States (as the 'motherland' of the autonomous congregation), Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia. The researchers have identified and defined a number of different lines of development. Ecclesiastical sociologists, sociologists of religion, and indeed everybody who is interested in the future of Protestantism will find some new insights into an old topic here.

Also in

General Christianity

View All