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Bishops, Wives and Children : Spiritual Capital Across the Generations by Douglas J. Davies and Mathew Guest is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bishops, Wives and Children : Spiritual Capital Across the Generations about?
Arguments for or against the decline of Christianity as a cultural force to be reckoned with have rarely taken into account the actual processes by which tradition is transmitted, modified, embraced or rejected over time. This book sheds new light on the significance of Christianity in late modern Britain through a study of the families of Christian leaders and the transmission of Christian values. Furnishing a picture of how values fostered in the clerical home are passed on to the next generation, shaping the way in which family, work, civic service and religion are lived out in adult life, this study facilitates a broader discussion of how, in our supposedly secular age, the Christian church exerts an indirect influence upon British culture - not just through its leaders - but through the lives and work of their children. Addressing the dual question of how religious leaders influence their children, and how their children influence society, the authors draw on new primary research into the experiences, beliefs and values of Anglican bishops, their wives and their adult offspring. Davies and Guest adopt qualitative methods to achieve a complex image of the clergyman as a profes
Who reads Bishops, Wives and Children : Spiritual Capital Across the Generations?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Douglas J. Davies and Mathew Guest
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781409477303
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Religion, Philosophy
