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Autore: | Thomas Terence |
Titolo: | The British : their religious beliefs and practices, 1800-1986 / / Terence Thomas |
Pubblicazione: | London, UK ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , [1988] |
©1988 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
Disciplina: | 210 |
Soggetto topico: | Religion - Philosophy |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Religion |
Altri autori: | ThomasTerence |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; FURTHER READING; PART 1 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; CHAPTER ONE 'Official Religion'; NOTES; CHAPTER TWO The Intellectual Challenge to 'Official Religion'; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER THREE East Comes West; NOTES; PART 2 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; CHAPTER FOUR The Christian Religion; THE TWO DECLENSIONS; THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCHES; THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT; CHRISTIAN PUBLIC WITNESS; THEOLOGY; WORSHIP; WOMEN; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER FIVE Other Major Religious Traditions |
THE RELIGIONS: TRANSPLANTATION AND GROWTH(i) The Jewish community and Judaism in Britain; (ii) The Muslim community and Islam in Britain18; (iii) The Hindu community and Hinduism in Britain28; (iv) The Sikh community and Sikhism in Britain35; (v) The Buddhist community and Buddhism in Britain43; (vi) The Jain community and Jainism in Britain50; (vii) The Parsi community and Zoroastrianism in Britain59; RELIGION, ETHNICITY AND CHANGE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER SIX New Religious Movements; NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: HISTORY AND CONTENT; (i) The Baha'i faith18; (ii) The Unification Church22 | |
(iii) The Hare Krishna Movement26(iv) Scientology28; (v) The Rajneesh Movement31; CLASSIFYING NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; NEW RELIGIONS AND CHANGE; NOTES; PART 3 OTHER PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER SEVEN 'Popular Religion' 1800-1986; NOTES; CHAPTER EIGHT How Religious Are The British?; DEFINING RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY; (i) Statistics on religion in the United Kingdom; (ii) Survey data on beliefs and values; (iii) Meaning-systems, moral communities, and civil religion; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | A source book for the study of religions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This pluralism is shown to apply within Christianity as well as outside. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The British |
ISBN: | 1-134-98179-1 |
0-203-03599-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821051303321 |
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