عنوان

The Rural Church Is Different:

شماره

LA115591

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Rural Church Is Different:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the Case of Anglican Confirmation

نام نخستين پديدآور

Leslie J. Francis, David W. Lankshear, Leslie J. Francis, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This paper explores the different approaches to confirmation displayed by samples of 1,553 rural churches, 983 urban churches and 584 suburban churches. The data demonstrate four distinctive features of confirmation in rural churches. There is a considerably higher number of confirmands per capita of the population. There is a higher proportion of male confirmands. There is a higher proportion of pre-teenage and teenage confirmands. The confirmation of younger candidates in the rural church is associated with some positive signs of church growth. By way of contrast emphasis on confirmation under the age of fourteen years in the urban church tends to be associated with signs of church decline. These findings draw attention to the distinctive experience of the rural church and warn against the uncritical generalisation of pastoral recommendations modelled on urban experiences. This paper explores the different approaches to confirmation displayed by samples of 1,553 rural churches, 983 urban churches and 584 suburban churches. The data demonstrate four distinctive features of confirmation in rural churches. There is a considerably higher number of confirmands per capita of the population. There is a higher proportion of male confirmands. There is a higher proportion of pre-teenage and teenage confirmands. The confirmation of younger candidates in the rural church is associated with some positive signs of church growth. By way of contrast emphasis on confirmation under the age of fourteen years in the urban church tends to be associated with signs of church decline. These findings draw attention to the distinctive experience of the rural church and warn against the uncritical generalisation of pastoral recommendations modelled on urban experiences.

تاريخ نشر

1997

توصيف ظاهري

5-20

عنوان

Journal of Empirical Theology

شماره جلد

10/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-9256

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David W. Lankshear

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Leslie J. Francis

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157092597X00014

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y