Mediating Institutions : Creating Relationships between Religion and an Urban World / by Malcolm Torry

By:

Torry, Malcolm, 1955- [aut]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink Bücher | Springer eBook Collection Business and ManagementPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: Online-Ressource (XXVII, 280 p. 2 illus, online resource)ISBN:

9781349949137

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781349949120 | Erscheint auch als: Mediating institutions. Druck-Ausgabe London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. xxvii, 280 Seiten | Druckausg.: 978-1-349-94912-0 | Printed edition: 9781349949120 DDC classification:

658.1

LOC classification:

HD28-70

DOI: DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-94913-7Online resources:

Summary: This original book studies a wide variety of mediating institutions, both organizational and non-organizational, in workplaces, residential areas, and in wider society. Focusing upon institutions in the Thames Gateway and with case studies across south-east London, Europe and the USA, Meditating Institutions highlights the importance of understanding, creating and maintaining these organizations that facilitate relationships between religious institutions and others within society. Discussing their structures and activities, the author asserts that good relationships between religious institutions and other groups in our society are essential for a cohesive and peaceful societySummary: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Religion and society are institutional -- Chapter 2 Mediating institutions between religion and the workplace -- Chapter 3 Mediating institutions in residential communities in the Thames Gateway -- Chapter 4 Some more mediating institutions in residential communities -- Chapter 5 Mediating institutions between religion and civil society -- Chapter 6 Mediating institutions - a task for the Church -- Chapter 7 Signposts towards the City of God -- Postscript -- Appendix: Relationships and sexualityPPN: PPN: 1658484223Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-BUM | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXBM

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