Impact of Covid-19 on Fragile Churches: Is the Rural Situation Really Different?

被引：16

作者：

Francis, Leslie J. ^{[1
]}

Village, Andrew ^{[2
]}

Lawson, S. Anne ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Warwick, Ctr Educ Dev Appraisal & Res CEDAR, Coventry, W Midlands, England

[2] York St John Univ, Sch Humanities Relig & Philosophy, York, N Yorkshire, England

[3] Diocese Chester, Warrington, Cheshire, England

来源：

RURAL THEOLOGY-INTERNATIONAL ECUMENCIAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES | 2020年 / 18卷 / 02期

关键词：

Fragile churches; rural churches; Covid-19; empirical theology; CLERGY;

D O I：

10.1080/14704994.2020.1818391

中图分类号：

B9 [宗教];

学科分类号：

010107 ;

摘要：

In a series of earlier papers in Rural Theology, drawing on qualitative research, Anne Lawson has advanced and documented the fragile rural church thesis. The present study draws on data from 745 full-time parochial clergy serving in the Church of England who responded to the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey to test two objections to Lawson's thesis. The first objection is that the qualitative research has not demonstrated the extent of the fragile church thesis among rural clergy. The new data show that one in three rural clergy endorse the thesis. The second objection is that the qualitative research has not demonstrated that the thesis is specific to rural ministry. The new data show that, although the fragile church thesis is not limited to rural ministry, it is more in evidence within rural areas.

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