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Francis, Leslie J., McKenna, Ursula and Stewart, F. (2024) Implicit religion, Anglican cathedrals, and spiritual wellbeing : the impact of carol services. HTS Theological Studies, 80 (1). a9049 . doi:10.4102/hts.v80i1.9049 ISSN 0259-9422.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v80i1.9049
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 1234 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.
Contribution: Situated within the science of cathedral studies, this paper links in an original way three fields of discourse: Edward Bailey’s notion of implicit religion, David Walker’s notion of the four ways of belonging to God facilitated by the Anglican Church and John Fisher’s conceptualisation and operationalisation of the notion of spiritual wellbeing. The hypothesis developed from this original integration of theoretical perspectives is then tested empirically on data provided by 404 participants at carol services who do not believe in God.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | HTS Theological Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | AOSIS | ||||||
ISSN: | 0259-9422 | ||||||
Official Date: | 16 April 2024 | ||||||
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Volume: | 80 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Article Number: | a9049 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.4102/hts.v80i1.9049 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 November 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 May 2024 | ||||||
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