Secularization In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

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...

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Secularization
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Bruce, Steve
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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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
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1 online resource (392 p.)
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-180660-9
0-19-161218-9
Schlagworte:
Religion and sociology.
Secularization (Theology).
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Christianity
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