Secularisation in Western Europe, 1848-1914

ISBN-13: 9780333597477 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 387 str.

Hugh McLeod

Opis

Secularization can mean many different things - rising unbelief, the privatization of belief, weakening denominational identity, the development of a religiously neutral state. This study reveals both the many-sidedness of secularisation and the great unevenness with which it affected different areas of life.

Spis treści

Introduction.- 1848.- Institutions.- The Pace-Setters.- Belief .- Going to Church.- Identity.- Religion and Popular Culture.- 1914.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

HUGH MCLEOD is Professor of Church History at the University of Birmingham and president of the British subcommission of CIHEC, the international church history organisation.