The Changing Parish

A Study of Parishes, Priests, and Parishioners After Vatican II
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-97890-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

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.

At the heart of the book is a comparison of pre-Vatican and post-Vatican ideal types of Church, parish, priest, and parishioner. The author shows clearly, with special reference to two English parishes, how conflicts arise between those who favour the emergent models and those who adopt a posture of intransigence and adhere tenaciously to the earlier models. He explores these conflicts at parish level, particularly over the matter of liturgical reform, pointing out that such conflicts are not unique to England but can be detected in places as far apart as the United States, Australia, Western Europe, and the Philippines. Dr Hornsby-Smith gives a penetrating analysis of the changing nature of priest–lay relationships, styles of clerical leadership, and lay participation, and presents a systematic account of the everyday lives of the parish clergy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hornsby-Smith, Michael P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.