02889nam 22004935 450 991025466140332120200704095552.01-349-94913-210.1057/978-1-349-94913-7(CKB)3710000000745831(DE-He213)978-1-349-94913-7(MiAaPQ)EBC4719993(PPN)22832274X(EXLCZ)99371000000074583120160706d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMediating Institutions Creating Relationships between Religion and an Urban World /by Malcolm Torry1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XXVII, 280 p. 2 illus.) 1-349-94912-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 sexuality.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 society. .OrganizationPlanningReligion and sociologyOrganizationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/516000Sociology of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22210Organization.Planning.Religion and sociology.Organization.Sociology of Religion.658.1Torry Malcolmauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut897786BOOK9910254661403321Mediating Institutions2262476UNINA