Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

ISBN-13: 9780199654123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str.

Steve Bruce

Opis

The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization.
Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends it against a wide variety of recent attempts at rebuttal and refutation. Using the best available statistical and qualitative evidence Bruce considers the implications for the

Recenzje

it offers a brief and valuable summary of a complex argument. It is a highly effective means for initiating the intellectual conversation about secularization, so it might be ideal reading for a graduate seminarâs first week of classes.