Title Congregations in conflict : cultural models of local religious life / Penny Edgell Becker.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 267 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-264) and index.
Contents	"Who we are" and "how we do things here" : local understandings of mission and identity -- The congregations of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park -- Houses of worship -- Family congregations -- Community congregations -- Leader congregations -- Mixed congregations -- An institutional approach to local culture -- American congregational religion.
Summary	Congregations in Conflict examines the nature of America's congregations as institutions, looking in particular at how they deal with conflict within their ranks, to gain insight into religious culture, or the moral order of local religious life.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Church controversies -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
	Church controversies.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	United States -- Religious life and customs -- Case studies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Other Form:	Print version: Becker, Penny Edgell. Congregations in conflict. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521594448 (DLC) 99488174 (OCoLC)40753588
ISBN	0511019556 (electronic book)
	9780511019555 (electronic book)
	9780521594448 (hardback)
	0521594448 (hardback)
	9780511499319 (electronic book)
	0511499310 (electronic book)
	0521594626 (paperback)
	9780521594622

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