The sixties and beyond: dechristianization in North America and Western Europe, 1945 - 2000

Introduction : "Even the hippies were only very slowly going secular" : dechristianization and the culture of individualism in North America and Western Europe / Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau -- Gender, Christianity, and the rise of no religion : the heritage of the sixties in Britai...

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Contributors: Christie, Nancy 1958- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Toronto [u.a.] University of Toronto Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:The sixties and beyond. Dechristianization in north America and western Europe, 1945–2000. Edited by Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau. Pp. x+482 incl. 1 table, 1 fig and 3 ills. Toronto–Buffalo–London: University of Toronto Press, 2013. 80. 978 1 4426 4475 5 (2014) (Bruce, Steve)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B North America / Europe / Secularization / History 1945-2000
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B Christianity 20th century
B Collection of essays
B Church History 20th century
B Christianisme 20e siècle
B Église Histoire 20e siècle
B Church History 20th century
B Christianity 20th century
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Summary:Introduction : "Even the hippies were only very slowly going secular" : dechristianization and the culture of individualism in North America and Western Europe / Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau -- Gender, Christianity, and the rise of no religion : the heritage of the sixties in Britain / Callum G. Brown -- Mothers and daughters : negotiating the discourse on the "good woman" in 1950s and 1960s Britain / Lynn Abrams -- Women, religion, and the turn to feminism : experiences of women's liberation activists in Britain in the seventies / Sarah F. Browne -- Saving marriage : a comparison of religion and marriage promotion in the United States and Britain / Melanie Heath -- Religious-right activism in Canada and the United States : are we headed in the same direction? / Tina Fetner -- The transformation of Catholic-evangelical relations in the United States : 1950-2000 / Patrick Allitt -- Sex and subculture : American Catholicism since 1945 / Leslie Woodcock Tentler -- "Without making a noise" : the Dumont Commission and the drama of Quebec's dechristianization, 1968-1971 / Michael Gauvreau -- Making Témoins du Christ for the twentieth century : the European origins of religious education in Quebec, 1930-1970 / Brigitte Caulier -- "The truly educated person will know his heritage" : shifting conceptions of religious education in the Ontario public school system, 1940-1970 / Heather Laing -- Families beyond patriarchy : visions of gender equality and childrearing among German Catholics in an age of revolution / Till Van Rahden -- The "new curriculum" controversy and the religious crisis of the United Church of Canada, 1952-1965 / Kevin N. Flatt -- "Belief crucified upon a rooftop antenna" : Pierre Berton, The Comfortable Pew, and dechristianization / Nancy Christie -- A different path? National Catholicism, laicization, and dechristianization in Spain, 1939-1975 / Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez -- Dechristianization and the changing religious landscape in Europe and North America since 1950 : comparative, transatlantic, and global perspectives / Patrick Pasture -- Echoes and fragments : popular Christianity, British nostalgia, and post-independence India / Stephen Heathorn -- Bone idol? British Catholics and devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux / Alana Harris -- Reflections and new perspectives / Hugh McLeod
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1442644753