Secularization and Religious Innovation in the North Atlantic World

Zusatztext Secularization and Religious Innovation in the North Atlantic World is a well-articulated and internally diversified set of responses to questions of secularization that significantly enriches our knowledge and understanding of an issue that has different dimensionshistorical, theological, and political. Informationen zum Autor David Hempton is Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School.Hugh McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Church History at the University of Birmingham. He is a historian specializing in the religious history of 19th and 20th century. His publications include The Religious Crisis of the 1960s (2007) and Religion and the People of Western Europe 1789-1990, Second Edition (1997). Klappentext This volume provides a systematic comparison between the religious histories of the United States and western European countries from the eighteenth to the late twentieth century. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a systematic comparison between the religious histories of the United States and western European countries from the eighteenth to the late twentieth century.

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• Authors: David Hempton, David (Dean of the Faculty of Divinity Hempton, Hugh Mcleod, Hugh Hempton Mcleod
• Assisted by: David Hempton (Editor), David N. Hempton (Editor), Hempton David (Editor), Hugh Mcleod (Editor), McLeod Hugh (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9780198798071
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879807-1
• No. of pages: 422
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Sociology, Europe, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, North America, comparative religion, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, History of Religion, North America (USA and Canada), Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities