Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000

Klappentext In this 2003 text! historians! sociologists and theologians discuss the decline of Christendom in Western Europe. Zusammenfassung For over two centuries! Christendom has declined in Western Europe! as we have moved gradually towards a society where a huge variety of religious and non-religious options are available. This 2003 book discusses this decline! showing where we are now! how we got there! and offering some predictions for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Hugh McLeod; Part I: 2. The secularisation decade: what the 1960s have done to the study of religious history Callum G. Brown; 3. Christendom in decline: the Swedish case Eva M. Hamberg; 4. New Christianity: indifference and diffused spirituality Yves Lambert; Part II: 5. Established churches and the growth of religious pluralism: a case study of Christianisation and secularisation in England since 1700 David Hempton; 6. Catholicism in Ireland Sheridan Gilley; 7. Long-term religious developments in the Netherlands, c. 1750-2000 Peter Van Rooden; 8. The potency of 'Christendom': The example of the 'Darmstädter Wort' (1947) Martin Greschat; Part III: 9. The dechristianisation of death in modern France Thomas Kselman; 10. The impact of technology on Catholicism in France (1850-1950) Michel Lagrée; 11. Semantic structures of religious change in modern Germany Lucian Hölscher; Part IV: 12. Master-narratives of long-term religious change Jeffery Cox; 13. A missiological postscript Werner Ustorf.

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• Authors: Hugh McLeod, Hugh (University of Birmingham) Ustorf Mcleod, Hugh Ustorf Mcleod
• Assisted by: Hugh McLeod (Editor), McLeod Hugh (Editor), Werner Ustorf (Editor), Ustorf Werner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521202336
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20233-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Western Europe, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Western Continental Europe