Secularization : in defence of an unfashionable theory
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Secularization : in defence of an unfashionable theory
Oxford University Press, 2013
- : pbk
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First edition published in 2011. First published in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-235) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization.
Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available statistical and qualitative evidence Bruce considers the implications for the
Table of Contents
- 1. Describing Secularization
- 2. Explaining Secularization
- 3. Clarifying Secularization
- 4. Religion Outside the Churches
- 5. Contemporary Spirituality
- 6. Superstition
- 7. The Supply-side Alternative
- 8. Unexceptional America
- 9. Secularization Elsewhere
- 10. Will Conflict Reverse Secularization?
by "Nielsen BookData"