Secularization and Its Discontents

by Rob Warner

Overview

Authoritative guide to contemporay debates and issues in the sociology of religion providing a clear examination of classical secularization and the post-secularization paradigm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441155436
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/23/2010
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr Rob Warner is Professor of Religion, Culture and Society, and Dean of Humanities at the University of Chester, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Classical Secularization Theory
2. Modified Secularization Theory
3. American Rejections of Secularization Theory
4. Is There a Spiritual Revolution?
5. The Durability of Conservative Religion: American and British Perspectives
6. Resilient Religion - Emerging Transatlantic and Global Trends
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Professor Warner's overview of the sociological disagreements on the nature and extent of the secularization thesis is a major contribution to the debate. Clearly on the side of what he calls (following Freud) the 'discontents' of the theories he does not attempt to win others over to his view of things. This is not a book about mission or apologetics; it is a work of intellectual clarification and moral candour that looks for synthesis of opposing ideas where others see only contradictions." - Andrew Walker, King's College London, UK

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