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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820881303321

Autore

Davie Grace

Titolo

Religion in Britain / / Grace Davie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

2015

ISBN

1-394-26024-5

1-119-00431-4

1-119-00407-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Disciplina

200.941/09051

Soggetti

Christian sociology - Great Britain

Great Britain Religion 20th century

Great Britain Religion 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries. Introduction -- Contexts and generations -- Facts and figures -- Religious legacies. Cultural heritage, believing without belonging and vicarious religion -- Territory, politics and institutions -- Presence: who can do what for whom? -- Shifting priorities: from obligation to consumption. An emerging market: gainers and losers -- Proliferations of the spiritual -- Public religion and secular reactions. Managing diversity -- Religion in public life -- Thinking theoretically. Religion and modernity continued.

Sommario/riassunto

Religion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country's increasing secularity alongside religion's growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain's society. Describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century BritainBased on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1994) but extensively revised with the majority of the text re-written to reflect the current situationInvestigates the paradox of why Britain has become increasingly secular and how r