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On the Perception of Worship: The Ethnography of Worship in Four Christian Congregations in Manchester - Softcover

Stringer, Martin D.

 
9781902459042: On the Perception of Worship: The Ethnography of Worship in Four Christian Congregations in Manchester
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1902459040 ISBN 13: 9781902459042
Publisher: University of Birmingham Press, 1999

Synopsis

In this highly original study based on research with four congregations in Manchester, UK, Martin D. Stringer takes an ethnographic approach to worship and attempts to uncover how Christian congregations understand their worship. In doing this the book raises important questions of methodology both in terms of ritual studies (how can we ever know how the participants in a ritual understand that ritual?) and in terms of the ethnography of contemporary urban society.

This is a significant contribution to the debate on methodology in ritual studies and in the ethnography of contemporary urban society. It will be of interest to postgraduate students and scholars studying the sociology and anthropology of religion; local clergy and diocesan liturgical advisors

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About the Author

Martin D. Stringer is Professor of Liturgical and Congregational Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.


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Publisher
University of Birmingham Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1902459040
ISBN 13 
9781902459042
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
250