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Secularization : in defence of an unfashionable theory /
The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available statistical and qualitative evidence Bruce considers the implications for the secularization paradigm of the extent to which new religious movements or New Age spiritualities are replacing religion. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustration |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191612183 0191612189 9780191612176 0191612170 9786613889645 6613889644 1283577194 9781283577199 |