Community engagement of the Church of Scotland (2619)

Type of Data: Community engagement of the Church of Scotland (2619)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of Scotland)

Date: 2001, August-2002, June

Geography: Scotland

Sample Size: 454 (43% response)

Population: Church of Scotland charges (parishes)

Keywords: Church activities, Church of Scotland, community development, consultation, culture, ecumenism, education, health, local organizations, meeting rooms, partnerships, personal growth, self-help, social capital

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow

Sponsor: Church of Scotland Board of Social Responsibility

Published Source:

John Flint, Rowland Atkinson and Ade Kearns, Churches and Social Capital: The Role of Church of Scotland Congregations in Local Community Development, Glasgow: Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 2002

John Flint and Ade Kearns, 'Enabling and Cohesive or Irrelevant and Divisive? The Role of Church of Scotland Congregations in Scottish Communities', Scottish Affairs, No. 48, Summer 2004, pp. 108-29

BRIN ID: 2619

Remarks:

Four case studies were also undertaken, involving self-completion postal questionnaires from 336 Church of Scotland members and 148 non-church local residents

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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