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Bruce, Steve

 
9780199654123: Secularization: In Defence Of An Unfashionable Theory
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ISBN 10 : 0199654123 ISBN 13 : 9780199654123
Editeur : Oxford University Press, Usa, 2013

Synopsis

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

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Revue de presse

Steve Bruce's Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory, as the title suggests, is an explicitly uncompromising exhortation to take up the secularization paradigm ... once and for all and without hesitation. A deeply interesting, well-written and well-informed book. (Joseph Rivera, The Expository Times Vol. 124)

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. (Victor Roudometof, Social Forces)

Présentation de l'éditeur

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

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, Usa
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199654123
ISBN 13 
9780199654123
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
254
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