Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

by Steve Bruce
ISBN-10:
0199584400
ISBN-13:
9780199584406
Pub. Date:
03/15/2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199584400
ISBN-13:
9780199584406
Pub. Date:
03/15/2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

by Steve Bruce
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Overview

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; changes in the nature and power of folk religion and superstition; rational choice alternatives to the secularization paradigm; the popularity and political influence of religion in the USA; religious change in the developing world; reactions to Islam in Europe; and the effects of recent controversies over the public place of religion.

Bruce presents a robust defence of the secularization paradigm, clarifying its arguments for the benefit of all sides of the debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199584406
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/15/2011
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

1. Describing Secularization
2. Explaining Secularization
3. Clarifying Secularization
4. Religion Outside the Churches
5. Contemporary Spirituality
6. Superstition
7. The Supply-side Alternative
8. Unexceptional America
9. Secularization Elsewhere
10. Will Conflict Reverse Secularization?
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