Secularization : in defence of an unfashionable theory
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Secularization : in defence of an unfashionable theory
Oxford University Press, 2013
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"First edition published in 2011. First published in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-235) and index
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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?
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