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Congregational Polity

Congregational Polity is a system of church governance in which each local congregation independently administers its own affairs without external hierarchical authority, distinguishing it from episcopal or presbyterian polities by vesting ultimate ecclesiastical authority in the local body of members.

12

Publications

541

Citations

19

Authors

8

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Congregationalism

Parents

Publications

12

Congregation: Stories and Structures

Kenneth E. Morris, James F. Hopewell, Barbara G Wheeler · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1988 · 139 citations

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Formal Polity and Power Distribution in American Protestant Denominations

K. Peter Takayama, Lynn Weber Cannon · Sociological Quarterly · 1979 · 56 citations

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<i>Repentance and Spiritual Power: Book vi of Richard Hooker's</i> Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

Arthur Stephen McGrade · The Journal of Ecclesiastical History · 1978 · 54 citations

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Religion and the Politics of Sexuality

Stephen Ellingson, Nelson Tebbe, Martha Van Haitsma et al. · Journal of Contemporary Ethnography · 2001 · 48 citations

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The Aetherius Society: A Case Study in the Formation of a Mystagogic Congregation

Roy Wallis · The Sociological Review · 1974 · 41 citations

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Authors

19

  1. KP
    K. Peter Takayama

    University of Memphis, United States

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  2. SE
    Stephen Ellingson

    Hamilton College, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. BG
    Barbara G Wheeler

    1 publications · 139 citations

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  4. CG
    César Garza‐Guerrero

    Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. KE
    Kenneth E. Morris

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 139 citations

    1

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Institutions

8

  1. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  2. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    54 citations

  3. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  4. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

  5. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    144 citations

  7. Hamilton College

    Clinton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. University of Divinity

    Kew East, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 3 publications · 178 citations

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  2. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

    1 publications · 54 citations

    1

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  3. The William and Mary Quarterly

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

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  4. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  5. Sociological Quarterly

    SQ · 1 publications · 56 citations

    1

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