The Secular Landscape - The Decline of Religion in America

This book proposes a comprehensive theory of the loss of religion in human societies, with a specific and substantive focus on the contemporary United States. Kevin McCaffree draws on a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology, and history to explore topics such as the origin of religion, the role of religion in recent American history, the loss of religion, and how Americans are dealing with this loss. The book is not only richly theoretical but also empirical. Hundreds of scientific studies are cited, and new statistical analyses enhance its core arguments. What emerges is an integrative and illuminating theory of secularization.

List of contents

1. The Secular Landscape.- 2. Religion Explained.- 3. Religious America.- 4. Shades of the Secular.- 5. American Nones.- 6. The Future of Religion.

About the author

Kevin McCaffree is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana-Purdue University, USA.

Summary

This book proposes a comprehensive theory of the loss of religion in human societies, with a specific and substantive focus on the contemporary United States. Kevin McCaffree draws on a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology, and history to explore topics such as the origin of religion, the role of religion in recent American history, the loss of religion, and how Americans are dealing with this loss. The book is not only richly theoretical but also empirical. Hundreds of scientific studies are cited, and new statistical analyses enhance its core arguments. What emerges is an integrative and illuminating theory of secularization.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin McCaffree
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319502618
• ISBN: 978-3-31-950261-8
• No. of pages: 287
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 223 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 287 p. 17 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Sozialtheorie, B, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Social Theory, Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft, comparative religion, Religious, Social Sciences, auseinandersetzen, Religious issues & debates, Sociology & anthropology, Social sciences—Philosophy, Religion and sociology, Religions, Religion and Society, non-religious, communal networks