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Religion and Change in Modern Britain.

This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity and change. They examine: relations between religious and secular beliefs and institutions the evolvin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodhead, Linda
Otros Autores: Catto, Rebecca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Religion and Change in Modern Britain; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1 Controversies as a lens on change; PART 1 Changing religious forms; 2 Christianity: loss of monopoly; Case study 1: The formation of the United Reformed Church; 3 Judaism, Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism: post-war settlements; Introduction; Judaism; Sikhism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Conclusion; Case study 2: The Inter Faith Network and the development of inter faith relations in Britain; 4 Alternative spiritualities: marginal and mainstream.
  • 5 God-changeCase study 3: The religiosity of young people growing up in poverty; 6 Changing British ritualization; Case study 4: Multi-faith spaces as symptoms and agents of change; Images of religion and change in modern Britain; PART 2 Wider influences; 7 The changing faces of media and religion; Case study 5: Religion, youth cultures and popular music; 8 Religion, welfare and education; Case study 6: The role of faith-based organizations in service provision for homeless people; 9 Religion, politics and law; Case study 7: Religion, human rights law and 'opting out' of religious education.
  • PART 3 Theoretical perspectives10 Cultural perspectives; 11 Social perspectives; 12 The religious and the secular; Index.