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Informationen zum Autor Robin Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology, University of Kent, and the Editor of Theology. Previous titles by the author include New Challenges for Christians May 2010 A Bit Like Jesus, November 2009, A Sense of Grace - November 2004 Klappentext Examines recent social survey results to show that churchgoers have distinctive attitudes! beliefs and behaviour. Zusammenfassung This 1999 book examines evidence about church communities! showing that churchgoers are distinctive in their attitudes! beliefs and behaviour. However! these are shared by many non-churchgoers as well. The distinctiveness of church communities in the modern world is thus real but relative! and is central to Christian ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of tables; Introduction; Part I. The Theoretical Context: 1. Churchgoing and the bias of virtue ethicists; 2. Churchgoing and the bias of sociologists; 3. Four theories of churchgoing; Part II. The Evidence: 4. The British Household Panel survey; 5. Faith in British social attitudes surveys; 6. Moral order in British social attitudes surveys; 7. Love in British social attitudes surveys; Part III. The Implications: 8. Churchgoing and Christian identity; 9. Churches and moral disagreement; Postscript; Works cited; Index.
