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 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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• Authors: Steve Bruce
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199654123
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965412-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Religion: general, Christianity, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, Church history, Society and culture: general