The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 1: Britain from 1945volume 1: Traditions

ISBN-13: 9781138467088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 356 str.

Gerald Parsons

Opis

These two volumes consider the significance of religion in post-war Britain, concentrating on the decline of the specifically 'Christian Society' and the emergence of a culturally and religiously plural society.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: Deciding How Far You Can Go, Gerald Parsons; 1. How many Ways to God? Christians and Religious Pluralism, John Wolffe; 2. Britain's Changing Faiths: Adaptations in a New Environment, George Chryssides; 3. `And there's another country...': Religion, the State and British Identities, John Wolffe; 4. From Consensus to Confrontation: Religion and Politics in Britain Since 1945, Gerald Parsons; 5. There and Back Again? Religion and the 1944 and 1988 Eductaion Acts, Gerald Parsons; 6. Women and Relgion in Post-War Britain, Kim Knott; 7. Between Law and Licence: Christianity, Morality and `Permissiveness', Gerald Parsons

O autorze

Gerald Parsons, The Open University.