The Church of England in the First Decade of the 21st Century Findings from the Church Times Surveys /

• Main Author: Village, Andrew (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Christianity.; Religion and Society.; Sociology of Religion.

This book analyzes two large surveys of clergy and lay people in the Church of England taken in 2001 and 2013. The period between the two surveys was one of turbulence and change, and the surveys offer a unique insight into how such change affected grassroots opinion on topics such as marriage, wome...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1
• Introduction Chapter 2
• The Surveys and the Analysis Chapter 3
• Basic Beliefs Chapter 4
• Marriage and Divorce Chapter 5
• Women in Leadership Chapter 6
• Sexual Orientation Chapter 7
• Confidence in Leadership Chapter 8 Discipleship Chapter 9
• Belonging and Serving Chapter 10
• Church Schools Chapter 11
• Conclusions. .