ISBN:
9781349949120
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (306 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Torry, Malcolm Mediating Institutions : Creating Relationships between Religion and an Urban World
DDC:
650
Keywords:
Management science
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Dedication -- Also by Malcolm Torry -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Sources -- Chapters 2 to 5, Case Studies -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapters 1 and 6 -- Additional Notes on Sources -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1: Religion and Society as Institutional -- Introduction -- Institutions and Organisations -- Religion as Institutional -- Society as Institutional -- Organisations in Sectors -- Secularisations -- Institutional Secularisation and Desecularisation -- Why Build Relationships?
Abstract:
Internal and External Aspects of Organisations -- Relationships Within and Between Institutions -- Mediating Institutions -- Religion and Religions -- An Urban World -- The Thames Gateway -- The Different Sectors of Urban Life -- Bibliography -- 2: Mediating Institutions Between Religion and the Workplace -- Introduction -- Workplace Chaplaincy in the UK -- The Greenwich Peninsula in the Twenty-First Century -- Bluewater -- Stratford City, the Athletes' Village, and the Olympic Park -- Canary Wharf -- The Gossner Mission: The Church Relating to Industry in Mainz-Kastel After the Second World War
Abstract:
The United States of America: Interfaith Worker Justice - And Citizens UK -- Conclusions: Mediating Institutions Between Religion and the Secular Workplace -- Bibliography -- 3: Mediating Institutions in Residential Communities in the Thames Gateway -- Introduction -- Thamesmead -- The Beacon Project -- The Greenwich Millennium Village -- An Early Attempt to Establish a Congregation in the Greenwich Millennium Village -- Holy Trinity, Greenwich Peninsula -- A New Faith School on the Peninsula -- Clergy Posts and Housing -- Residents' Associations and the Like
Abstract:
Other Faiths in the Thames Gateway -- Four Organisations in North Kent -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4: Some More Mediating Institutions in Residential Communities -- Introduction -- Telegraph Hill -- OneSpace, Kidbrooke Village -- St. Mary's, Woolwich -- Christ Church Forum -- Foodbanks -- Religious Drama -- Across Europe: Faith-Based Organisations as Mediating Institutions -- Housing Associations in the UK and the USA -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5: Mediating Institutions Between Religion and Civil Society -- Introduction -- Educational Institutions -- Established Religion -- Reports
Abstract:
Chaplains -- State-Funded Mediating Institutions -- Ecumenical Borough Deans -- Inter Faith Fora -- The Inter Faith Network UK -- Language -- Marriage -- The Clergy as a Mediating Institution -- The United States of America: The Episcopal Peace Fellowship -- Conclusions: Sacraments and Mediating Institutions -- Bibliography -- 6: Mediating Institutions: A Task for the Church -- Introduction -- Mediating Institutions -- Mediating Institutions Between Religion and the Workplace -- Mediating Institutions in Residential Areas -- Mediating Institutions Between Religion and Civil Society -- Places
Abstract:
Religious Buildings
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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