By Leslie J Francis
Long ago decade, cathedrals have blossomed as indicators of development for the Anglican Church in England and Wales. they've got opened their doorways to transforming into congregations, to widening participation on the significant Christian gala's, and to viewers, pilgrims, and travelers on a altering quest for non secular event and for non secular fulfilment. during this thought-provoking quantity Leslie J. Francis' learn team provides ten targeted empirical reviews that remove darkness from what's relatively occurring in those cathedrals.
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129). Finally, he identified a distinctive evangelistic opportunity for cathedrals to proclaim the gospel at civic ceremonies, and he drew attention to the potential to offer quiet pastoral care to busy politicians and civic servants who come into contact with cathedrals on such occasions (p. 130). The missionary potential of cathedrals was also considered by Peter Rowe (2010) in his thesis on the function of modern cathedrals. , his scholarly analysis paid heed to the religious sociological context that the cathedrals inhabit.
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