The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, 1800-2000

ISBN-13: 9780415471343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Callum Brown

Opis

The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation s dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he argues that it has been a catastrophic and abrupt cultural revolution starting in the 1960s. Using the latest techniques of gender analysis, and by listening to people's voices rather than purely counting heads, the book offers new formulations of religion and secularization.

In this expanded second edition, Brown responds to commentary on his ideas, reviews the latest research, and provides new evidence to back his claims."

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Problem with 'Religious Decline'  3. The Salvation Economy  4. Angels: Women in Discourse and Narrative 1800–1950  5. Heathens: Men in Discourse and Narrative 1800–1950  6. Personal Testimony and Religion 1800–1950  7. 'Unimpeachable Witnesses': The Statistics of 'Christian Progress' 1800–1950  8. The 1960s and Secularisation  9. The End of a Long Story  10. Postscript: The Mortality of Christendom Reconsidered

O autorze

Callum Brown is Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee. His publications include Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain (2006) and Postmodernism for Historians (2005).