Created by Darcey Frances-Murfet
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Question | Answer |
Who conducted the Kendal Project? | Paul Heelas and Linda Woodhead |
What two trends did the research reveal? | 1. Secularisation- theorists argue there is a decline in traditional Christianity, with a god who tells people how to live their lives. 2. Sacralisation- theorists argue that there is a growth in new age practises such as yoga and tai-chi |
Why did they choose Kendal? | Kendal is a regional centre of approximately 28,000 people in south east of the Lake District. It is small enough to be able to investigate thoroughly but large enough to have a range of traditional religions and new age spiritualities. |
What is the congregational domain? | Where people come together in designated places of worship to engage religious traditions. |
What is the holistic milieu? | Where people come together in groups or one to one encounters to explore interconnected body-mind-spirituality. |
How did they compare the congregational domain and the holistic milieu? | The number of people in congregations of Kendal on a particular Sunday was compared with the number of those participating in the holistic milieu during the average week. |
How did they count the congregational domain? | The study took a headcount of those who attended the 25 Christian churches and chapels in Kendal on Sunday 26th November |
How did they count the holistic milieu? | The study used a questionnaire to count those involved with new age spiritualities. |
How many people attended Church? | 7.9% of the Kendal population, the same as Britain. Attendance for Kendal has declined since 1950s |
How many people attend the holistic milieu? | The holistic milieu shows strong growth. In the 1970s there were 3 providers of holistic spiritual services in the YellowPages. In 2000, there were 95 In 2000, 1.6% of Kendal used these services but only 55% considered the activities to be spiritual |
What was the main conclusion of the Kendal Project? | That 'spiritual revolution' clearly had not taken place in Kendal but if present tend continues the revolution will take place in 20-30 years, when holistic milieu will overtake those in the congregational domain. |
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