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Sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans in England and Wales : assessing influence of the home
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Francis, Leslie J., Lankshear, David W., Eccles, Emma L. and McKenna, Ursula (2020) Sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans in England and Wales : assessing influence of the home. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 41 (1). pp. 34-50. doi:10.1080/13617672.2019.1607013 ISSN 1361-7672.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2019.1607013
Abstract
Responding to the problem facing the Church of England, as identified by the Church Growth Research Programme, regarding sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans, and also responding to the Renewal and Reform agenda to address this problem, the present study discusses the roles of three agencies in delivering effective Christian education and Christian formation: local churches, local schools, and the home. Building on a fruitful stream of research within Australia and the UK, the present study drew on two samples of young Anglicans: 2,019 9- to 11-year-old students attending church primary schools in Wales, and 2,323 13- to 15-year-old students attending church secondary schools mainly in England. The data demonstrated that young Anglicans who practised their Anglican identity by attending church did so primarily because their parents were Anglican churchgoers. Moreover, young Anglican churchgoers were most likely to keep going to church if their churchgoing parents (especially mother) talked with them about their faith. The implications from these findings, for an Anglican Church strategy for ministry among children and young people, is that alongside resourcing local churches and promoting deeply Christian schools, it may also be wise for the Church to invest in the education and formation of churchgoing Anglican parents.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Anglican Communion , Anglican Communion -- Great Britain -- Attitudes, Church attendance, Christian life, Children -- Religious life -- Great Britain, Christian education of children , Church of England -- Membership | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Beliefs and Values | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1361-7672 | ||||||||
Official Date: | January 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 41 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 34-50 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13617672.2019.1607013 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | βThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Beliefs and Values on 28/05/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13617672.2019.1607013.β | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 April 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 November 2020 | ||||||||
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