Congregations in Europe

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Monnot, Christophe (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Stolz, Jörg (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Culture.; Religion and sociology.; Economic sociology.; Sociology of Culture.; Religion and Society.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This volume describes and maps congregations of Christian confessions and denominations, as well as groups with Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, and various other spiritual faiths, in different European countries. Consisting of three parts, it presents concrete sociological studies addressing how es...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. What is a congregation? From theory to the Swiss field (Monnot-Stolz)
• Chapter 2. Second Modernity's Impact on the Religious Field: Implications for a Religious Mapping Project in Denmark (Lars AHLIN)
• Chapter 3. Mapping Pluralism in Italy (Enzo Pace)
• Chapter 4. National Congregations Study in Switzerland : The Established and the Outsiders (Monnot-Stolz)
• Chapter 5. Mapping Congregations: Trends and Evolution of Religious Minorities in Barcelona (Gloria GARCÍA-ROMERAL)
• Chapter 6. Congregations and the Challenge of Religious Pluralism: A Case Study of Hamburg, Germany (Anna KÖRS)
• Chapter 7. Transformation and Continuity: A Study of Religious Groups over Time in Denmark (Marie VEJRUP NIELSEN)
• Chapter 8. Mainline Congregations in West Germany: Quantitative Shifts and Qualitative Transformations (Jens SCHLAMELCHER)
• Chapter 9. Transformation of Orthodox congregations in Italy (Giuseppe Giordan)
• Chapter 10. Diversity under one Roof: Protestant Congregations in Germany (Hilke REBENSTORF).