Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory. By Steve Bruce
The theory of secularization is a sociologist’s way of explaining something which, to many people, seems obvious enough—that, since the nineteenth century (if not earlier), the developed world has become less religious: levels of church attendance and belief have declined, and religion has in most c...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 432-433 |
| Review of: | Secularization (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2011) (Gould, Graham)
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| Summary: | The theory of secularization is a sociologist’s way of explaining something which, to many people, seems obvious enough—that, since the nineteenth century (if not earlier), the developed world has become less religious: levels of church attendance and belief have declined, and religion has in most contexts come to be regarded as a private concern of little political or social significance. Yet, as even a casual aquaintance with the literature of secularization will reveal, far from being universally accepted, the secularization theory has been widely criticized on both theoretical and empirical grounds regarding its definition and measurement of religion, its account of the causes of decline, and its chronology. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flr019 |