{"product_id":"redundancy-community-and-heritage-in-the-modern-church-of-england-1945-2000-closing-the-church-door-9783031175992","title":"Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945-2000: Closing the Church Door","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Denise Bonnette\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Church closures are a feature of modern times, occurring on an unprecedented scale, a momentous historical change. Yet few people have analysed this phenomenon. Denise Bonnette's superb book is the exception: a most welcome and fascinating discussion of the reasons and processes of such closures, and what they mean to us today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eK. D. M. Snell\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Leicester, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a compelling book, post-Covid. It rediscovers the historic reasons for the current perilous state of the Church of England. From 1945, cultural changes were a catalyst for shrinking congregations, and crumbling buildings. The Anglican Church wanted to 'care for all souls' but this was an unviable spiritual mission, putting at risk a rich architectural history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hurren\u003c\/b\u003e, Chair in Modern History, University of Leicester, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a reappraisal of Anglican Church redundancy from a cultural perspective. It challenges long-held perceptions about the rationale for church redundancy, particularly secularisation. It argues that redundancy brought to the surface far-reaching social and cultural tensions that remain unresolved to this day, and which the pandemic closure of buildings has reignited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenise Bonnette\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar who received her PhD from the University of Leicester, UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45273897271447,"sku":"9783031175992","price":8814.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783031175992.webp?v=1769237921","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/redundancy-community-and-heritage-in-the-modern-church-of-england-1945-2000-closing-the-church-door-9783031175992","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}