Religion and Modern Society: Citizenship, Secularisation and the State
Bryan Turner has produced a compelling book, one destined to be both influential and controversial. A formidable erudition permeates this work, the central premise of which is that, as a result of the relentless forces of globalization, the separation between the sacred and profane has largely evapo...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2012, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 650-652 |
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| Summary: | Bryan Turner has produced a compelling book, one destined to be both influential and controversial. A formidable erudition permeates this work, the central premise of which is that, as a result of the relentless forces of globalization, the separation between the sacred and profane has largely evaporated, allowing borderless market forces to commodify ritual and belief. Herein a sophisticated and nuanced apologist revisits the secularization thesis and finds it wanting, the phenomenon in question neither moribund nor flourishing in broad terms. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/css102 |