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.
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