Philip Richter

Biographic Data

ID3659710
NAMEPhilip Richter
GIVEN NAMESPhilip
FAMILY NAMERichter
SIGNATURERICHTER P
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX2

  • Visual Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Awakening Visions

    Philip J Richter, Philip RichterREVIEWJournal of Contemporary Religion2012Cited by: 1

    Visual Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Awakening Visions STEPHEN SPENCER, 2011 London & New York: Routledge 275 + xv pp., £82.00, US$135.00 (hb), £24.99, US$47.95 (pb) ISBN 978–0–415–48382

  • Different Lenses for Studying Local Churches: A Critical Study of the Uses of Photographic Research Methods

    Philip J Richter, Philip RichterARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Religion2011References: 6

    Surprisingly, photography has rarely been used as a research method by those studying local churches, in spite of the fact that large numbers of photographs are taken in and around churches. This article discusses, with examples, a range of ways in which photography might appropriately be used in this context. It concludes that photographic research methods can potentially be used to good effect in the study of local churches. Both researcher-dri…

  • Religious Conversion and Disaffiliation: Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices

    Philip J Richter, Philip RichterARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Religion2011Cited by: 2

  • Do Moving Ministers Move Congregations? Rational Choice Theory and Methodist Ministerial Itinerancy

    Philip J Richter, Philip RichterARTICLEReligion2002References: 7

    Ministerial itinerancy is characteristic of, although not exclusive to, the British Methodist Church. Rational choice theorists Finke and Starke have claimed that, historically, itinerancy has served to promote and reinforce instrumental commitment to the local church. This article develops and assesses a rational choice analysis of the effects of ministerial itinerancy on the organisational commitment of Methodist congregations and their ministe…

  • Seven Days' Trading Make One Weak? The Sunday Trading Issue as an Index of Secularization

    Philip Richter, P G RichterARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1994Cited by: 5

    Cet article analyse la controverse qui va croissant en Grande-Bretagne au sujet de l'activite commerciale du dimanche. L'A. se demande si certains aspects de ce debat peuvent servir d'indices satisfaisants du degre de secularisation de la societe britannique. Mais la question demeure de savoir sur quels criteres definir la secularisation. En effet, les correlations entre le probleme de l'ouverture dominicale des commerces et la secularisation var…