Timothy Jenkins is a graduate of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and of the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge. He has undertaken fieldwork in France and England and was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1986. Since 1992 he has taught at the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge, where he is Dean and Fellow of Jesus College.

"Much of the interest and originality of the book inheres in the illuminating and sensitive analysis ... an important methodological contribution."  · Journal of Contemporary Religion"Jenkins is a perspicacious and insightful researcher ... An original and fascinating read."  · World Faith Encounter

• Maps and TablesPrefaceForewordDavid ParkinIntroduction: Religious Elements in an Ethnography of Everyday LifeI. Two Sociological Approaches to Religion in Modern BritainII. The Country Church – The Case of St. Mary’s, CombertonIII. The Kingswood Whit WalkIntroductoryThe Whit WalkFamily and Locality'Fiends Transformed’: A Discussion of Local HistoryRespectability, Reputation and RestraintAnxiety, Conflict and GossipIn ConclusionIV. Secrets of the Spirit WorldBibliographyIndex

Timothy Jenkins is a graduate of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and of the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge. He has undertaken fieldwork in France and England and was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1986. Since 1992 he has taught at the Faculty of Theology, University of Cambridge, where he is Dean and Fellow of Jesus College.

"Much of the interest and originality of the book inheres in the illuminating and sensitive analysis ... an important methodological contribution."  · Journal of Contemporary Religion"Jenkins is a perspicacious and insightful researcher ... An original and fascinating read."  · World Faith Encounter

• Maps and TablesPrefaceForewordDavid ParkinIntroduction: Religious Elements in an Ethnography of Everyday LifeI. Two Sociological Approaches to Religion in Modern BritainII. The Country Church – The Case of St. Mary’s, CombertonIII. The Kingswood Whit WalkIntroductoryThe Whit WalkFamily and Locality'Fiends Transformed’: A Discussion of Local HistoryRespectability, Reputation and RestraintAnxiety, Conflict and GossipIn ConclusionIV. Secrets of the Spirit WorldBibliographyIndex