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- Title
STRAINING AT THE TIE THAT BINDS: CONGREGATIONAL CONFLICT IN THE 1980S.
- Authors
Becker, Penny Edgell; Ellingson, Stephen J.; Flory, Richard W.; Griswold, Wendy; Kniss, Fred; Nelson, Timothy
- Abstract
Studies of intrachurch conflict have emphasized such variant explanations as libera/conservative divisions, external pressures that exacerbate internal cleavages, clergy/laity differences, and demographic changes as the cause(s) of church conflict. Most rely on either survey data or single-case ethnographic data. We present a review and critique of these studies and argue for analyzing comparative conflict events as a way to find out which causes operate in specific circumstances. An analysis of conflict events in the churches in a midwestern urban community indicates that none of the perspectives found in the literature was predominant. Instead we propose that some of the implications of the "new voluntarism" enlighten our understanding of intra-congregational conflict
- Subjects
CHURCH controversies; CONGREGATIONALISM; VOLUNTEER service; ETHNOLOGY; CHURCH management; CONGREGATIONALISTS
- Publication
Review of Religious Research, 1993, Vol 34, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
0034-673X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3700594