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Lighting candles and writing prayers : observing opportunities for spiritual practices in churches in rural Cornwall
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ap Siôn, Tania (2018) Lighting candles and writing prayers : observing opportunities for spiritual practices in churches in rural Cornwall. In: Village, Andrew and Hood, Ralph W., (eds.) Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 29 . Brill, pp. 54-74. ISBN 9789004382640
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004382640_005
Abstract
Although there has been a growing number of empirical studies examining the content of written prayer requests left on prayer boards and in prayer books in cathedrals and churches, there has been no study of the contexts in which such personal devotional activities take place. In a survey of provision in nineteen churches in North Cornwall during August 2013, the present study aimed to explore whether and how rural churches provide for personal prayer and reflection for those outside their gathered congregations. Results indicated that where provision for personal prayer and reflection was evident, it usually took one or more forms, including opportunity to: enter an ‘open’ church; write prayer requests; light votive candles; or add names to memorial books. It is argued that analyses of these physical contexts may offer important insights into how churches understand and express their ministry to visitors seeking this kind of personal devotional space within their church buildings.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prayer, Sacred space, Rural churches, Church buildings | ||||||
| Series Name: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion | ||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9789004382640 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1046-8064 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion | ||||||
| Editor: | Village, Andrew and Hood, Ralph W. | ||||||
| Official Date: | 16 October 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 406 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 54-74 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004382640_005 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Description: | ISSN 1046-8064 |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 January 2018 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 October 2020 |
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