Shop Window, Flagship, Common Ground
Metaphor in Cathedral and Congregation Studies
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2019
256 pages
978-0-334-05843-4 (ISBN)
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'Shop-window, flagship, common ground' views the rich ministry and innovative mission of cathedrals through the novel lens of metaphor; and it offers comparative insights on cathedrals and cathedral-like churches.
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Judith A. Muskett
Shop Window, Flagship, Common Ground
Metaphor in Cathedral and Congregation Studies
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11/2019
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Judith A. Muskett is a Visiting Fellow at York St John University.
Content
- Intro
- Shop-Window, Flagship, Common Ground
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Note
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 Cathedral Studies and Greater Churches
- Introduction
- Cathedral studies
- Congregational studies
- Greater churches
- Cathedrals and greater churches
- The structure of this book
- Notes
- 2 Metaphor
- Metaphor in language
- Conceptual metaphor theory
- The role of metaphor in social research
- Metaphor in the study of religion
- Notes
- 3 Metaphors in Cathedral Studies
- Unflattering metaphors
- Capturing cathedral complexity with multiple metaphors
- A miscellany of metaphors
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part 2 Interpreting Popular Metaphors
- 4 Shop-Windows of the Church of England
- The shop-window
- The shop-window metaphor
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 5 Flagship, Beacon, and Magnet
- Flagship
- Beacon
- Magnet
- Negative allusions of such metaphors
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 6 Sacred Space, Common Ground
- Common ground
- Counterbalancing the common ground metaphor
- Sacred space
- Sacred space and common ground
- The juxtaposition of sacred space and common ground
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part 3 Metaphors Stimulating Research
- 7 Shop-Windows and Vicarious Religion
- The passive majority
- Anglican cathedrals: a vital role in mission
- Vicarious religion
- Modelling vicarious religion
- Vicarious religion: acquaintance through cathedrals
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 8 Flagships in a Sea of Unbelief
- Topography: past and present
- Living close to a big church building: anecdotal evidence of the impact
- From anecdote to empirical evidence
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 9 A Greater Church as Sacred Space, Common Ground
- Exploring 'sacred space, common ground' through a narrative case study
- Narrative
- Symbolic congregational studies
- Method
- The narrative
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part 4 Cathedral Thinking
- 10 Cathedral: Adjective, Misnomer, Yardstick, Metaphor
- Cathedral as adjective
- Cathedral as misnomer
- Cathedral as yardstick
- 'Cathedral' as vehicle in metaphor
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 11 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
