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Researching a traditional territorial organisation: analogy, verstehen and the sociological imagination

Christopher Harris, Richard Startup

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume: 18, Issue: 9/10, Pages: 72 - 93

Swansea University Authors: Christopher Harris, Richard Startup

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Reports on a study of the state of the (Anglican) Church in Wales, which investigated the Church in Wales as a sociological institution through attitudes held by the clergy and lay members of the Church. Asserts that churches are institutional associational groups with rational‐bureaucratic forms of...

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Published in: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Published: Emerald 1998
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description Reports on a study of the state of the (Anglican) Church in Wales, which investigated the Church in Wales as a sociological institution through attitudes held by the clergy and lay members of the Church. Asserts that churches are institutional associational groups with rational‐bureaucratic forms of administration, rather than organizations, but that it helps to conceptualize the church as if it were an organization. Outlines some of the problems the Church faces – maintaining a presence in sparsely populated areas, secularization, decreasing personnel, and conservatism. Discusses the Church’s theory of itself and explores the conceptual world of the laity with regard to the nature of the Church, its structure, and the relationship between the Church and the world. Concludes that social enquiry is all about listening.
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