Congregational studies in the UK: Christianity in a post-Christian context

Part One. The emerging field

Congregational studies : taking stock / Linda Woodhead, Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting

The rise of congregational studies in the USA / Arthur Farnsley

'Conference people' : congregational studies in a globalizing world / Simon Coleman

Part Two. Congregations in the UK

The effects of evangelical renewal on mainstream congregational identities : a Welsh case study / Paul Chambers

'Friendship, fellowship and acceptance' : the public discourse of a thriving evangelical congregation / Mathew Guest

Display and division : congregational conflict among Roman Catholics / Peter McGrail

Congregations, narratives and identity : a Quaker case study / Peter Collins

Congregational cultures and the boundaries of identity / Timothy Jenkins

Part Three. Theoretical and methodological issues

The messiness of studying congregations using ethnographic methods / Frances Ward

Are congregations associations? : the contribution of organizational studies to congregational studies / Helen Cameron

Priests, parish and people : reconceiving a relationship / Douglas Davies

Denominational cultures : the Cinderella of congregational studies? / Philip Richter

The significance of gender for congregational studies / Kristin Aune

Putting congregational studies to work : ethnography, consultancy and change/ Martin Stringer.