Death of Christian Britain - Understanding Secularisation, 18002000

Informationen zum Autor Callum Brown is Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee. His publications include Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain (2006) and Postmodernism for Historians (2005). Klappentext The Death of Christian Britain uses the latest techniques to offer new formulations of religion and secularisation and explores what it has meant to be 'religious' and 'irreligious' during the last 200 years. Zusammenfassung The Death of Christian Britain uses the latest techniques to offer new formulations of religion and secularisation and explores what it has meant to be 'religious' and 'irreligious' during the last 200 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Problem with 'Religious Decline' 3. The Salvation Economy 4. Angels: Women in Discourse and Narrative 1800–1950 5. Heathens: Men in Discourse and Narrative 1800–1950 6. Personal Testimony and Religion 1800–1950 7. 'Unimpeachable Witnesses': The Statistics of 'Christian Progress' 1800–1950 8. The 1960s and Secularisation 9. The End of a Long Story 10. Postscript: The Mortality of Christendom Reconsidered

Product details

• Authors: Callum G. Brown, Callum G. (University of Dundee Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2009
• EAN: 9780415471336
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47133-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Christianity and Society in the Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Christianity, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities