I\'m embarking on an informal inquiry regarding the parish -- what a parish is, what are the various headings under which we group articles and books about the parish, and so on. I\'m posting this note to ask for pointers to topic names, books, etc.
For instance, what courses in the seminary would address the theology of the parish, and what ones would address the practical side of the parish? Any novels that show a parish being revived? Any history of the parish as an entity or a comparative Orthodox parish-ology across different times or cultures?
My suspicion is that the parish is somewhat invisible -- as water is invisible to the fish. So my expectation is that folks will say that it\'s sorta covered under pastoral theology, and sorta under stewardship, and sorta under this, and sorta under that, but rarely directly and on its own.
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