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Sacred and secular : religion and politics worldwide /
"This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security, demonstrating that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past fifty years, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with tradi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book develops a theory of secularization and existential security, demonstrating that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past fifty years, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before"-- "Seminal nineteenth-century thinkers predicted that religion would gradually fade in importance with the emergence of industrial society. The belief that religion was dying became the conventional wisdom in the social sciences during most of the twentieth century. The traditional secularization thesis needs updating, however, religion has not disappeared and is unlikely to do so. Nevertheless, the concept of secularization captures an important part of what is going on. This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values, and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139128674 1139128671 9781139118019 1139118013 9781139113656 1139113658 9780511894862 0511894864 1107222265 9781107222267 1139125176 9781139125178 1283315033 9781283315036 1139123769 9781139123761 9786613315038 6613315036 1139115847 9781139115841 |