A History of the English Parish : The Culture of Religion from Augustine to Victoria
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521633516
ISBN-13
9780521633512
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 29th, 2004
Print length
620 Pages
Weight
1,132 grams
Dimensions
24.30 x 19.10 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyChristian leaders & leadershipSocial and cultural historyChristianity
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This book looks at the church from its lowest stratum - the parish - in which the church building is seen as the parishioners' handiwork, and as a reflection of popular culture. It discusses in turn the origin and development of parishes, their function, and the church fabric which embodied parishioners' aspirations.
Most writings on church history have been concerned mainly with church hierarchy, and with theology, liturgy and canon law. This book looks at the church 'from below', from the lowest stratum of its organisation - the parish - in which the church building is seen as the parishioners' handiwork and as a reflection of local popular culture. The book discusses in turn the origin and development of the system of precisely-defined parishes, their function - in terms of economics and personnel - and the church fabric which embodied the aspirations of parishioners, who saw the church more as an expression of their cultural and social hopes than as the embodiment of their faith. The book ends with the failure of the parish to meet all of its obligations - social, governmental and religious - from the late eighteenth century onwards.
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