Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945 2000

This book is a reappraisal of Anglican Church redundancy from a cultural perspective. It challenges long-held perceptions about the rationale for church redundancy, particularly secularisation. It argues that redundancy brought to the surface far-reaching social and cultural tensions that remain unresolved to this day, and which the pandemic closure of buildings has reignited.

Explores Anglican church redundancy from a unique regional and local perspective, using previously unseen records Challenges the inevitability of redundancy and identifies explicit causes as key tipping points into closure Highlights the myriad ways official Church agencies and heritage bodies struggled to collaborate in redundancy processes

Auteur

Denise Bonnette is an independent scholar who received her PhD from the University of Leicester, UK.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Contentious debate.- Chapter 3: Landscape of the Church of England.- Chapter 4: Changing community and belonging.- Chapter 5: Religiosity and redundant churches.- Chapter 6: Heritage: an uneasy alliance.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.