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Autore: | Davie Grace |
Titolo: | Religion in Britain / / Grace Davie |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
2015 | |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina: | 200.941/09051 |
Soggetto topico: | Christian sociology - Great Britain |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Religion 20th century |
Great Britain Religion 21st century | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Religion in Britain |
ISBN: | 1-394-26024-5 |
1-119-00431-4 | |
1-119-00407-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820881303321 |
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