Implicit religion, Anglican cathedrals, ways of belonging and spiritual wellbeing: The impact of carol services on unbelievers
Francis, L.J., McKenna, U. and Stewart, F. (2024) Implicit religion, Anglican cathedrals, ways of belonging and spiritual wellbeing: The impact of carol services on unbelievers. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies. ISSN 0259-9422
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Abstract
Rooted in the field of cathedral studies, this paper draws into dialogue three bodies of knowledge: Edward Bailey’s notion of implicit religion that, among other things, highlights the continuing traction of the Christian tradition and Christian practice within secular societies; David Walker’s notion of the multiple ways through which in secular societies people may relate to the Christian tradition as embodied within the Anglican Church; and John Fisher’s notion of spiritual wellbeing as conceptualised in relational terms. Against this conceptual background, this paper draws on data provided by 1,234 participants attending one of the Christmas Eve carol services in Liverpool Cathedral to explore the perceived impact of attendance on the spiritual health of people who do not believe in God and yet feel that Liverpool Cathedral is their cathedral, and it is this sense of belonging that brings them back at Christmas time.
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| Additional Information: | © 2024 . This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for published by AOSIS. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Keywords: | implicit religion cathedral studies spiritual wellbeing ways of belonging empirical theology psychological type |
| Depositing User: | Ursula Mckenna |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2023 16:13 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2024 08:43 |
| URI: | https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1078 |
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