Religion in Europe at the End of the Second Millenium: A Sociological Profile - Couverture rigide

Greeley, Andrew M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0765801310 ISBN 13 : 9780765801319

Editeur : Transaction Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Most sociologists of religion describe a general decline in religious faith and practice in Europe over the last two centuries. The destruction of the "sacred canopy" by religious pluralism, and the secularizing forces of the Enlightenment, science, industrialization, the influence of Freud and Marx, and urbanization are all felt to have diminished the power of the churches and demystified the human condition. In Andrew Greeley's view, the use of such overarching theories and frameworks do not begin to cope with a wide variety of contrasting and contrary social phenomena. In Religion at the End of the Second Millenium, he engages the complexities of contemporary Europe to show a nuanced picture of religious faith rising, declining, or remaining stable in different countries under differing realities of social and political life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew M. Greeley is a Catholic priest and best-selling novelist. He is professor of social science at the University of Chicago and member of its National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Among his books are Faithful Attraction, The Denominational Society, Unsecular Man, Death and Beyond, and The Church and the Suburbs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transaction Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765801310
• ISBN 13: 9780765801319
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252
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