The Changing Parish

Auteur

Michael P. Hornsby-Smith is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. He has been researching post-war changes in English Catholicism since the early 1970s.

Texte du rabat

First published in 1989, The Changing Parish is the first modern sociological account of the changing Roman Catholic parish in England. It identifies the major changes in parishes and in the roles of parish priests and parishioners.

Résumé
First published in 1989, The Changing Parish is the first modern sociological account of the changing Roman Catholic parish in England. It identifies the major changes in parishes and in the roles of parish priests and parishioners.

Contenu

1. Introduction: The Changing Parish 2. The Changing Social and Religious Context 3. The Parish in Comparative Perspective 4. The Quest for Community 5. Parish Liturgies 6. The Priest and Parish Leadership 7. The Everyday Lives of Priests in Parishes 8. The Compliance of Parishioners 9. Persistence and Change in a Time of Transition