Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Author(s)
Bruce, Steve
Bruce, Steve
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
Keywords
General, Sociology of Religion, Social Sciences -> Religion -> General, Social Sciences -> Sociology -> Sociology of Religion
General, Sociology of Religion, Social Sciences -> Religion -> General, Social Sciences -> Sociology -> Sociology of Religion
| Name in long format: | Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory |
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| ISBN-10: | 0191612189 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780191612183 |
| Book pages: | 233 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | Reprint |
| Binding: | Kindle Edition |
| Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
