Format:
xii, 140 Seiten
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781137512529
Series Statement:
Histories of the sacred and the secular 1700-2000
Content:
Combining historical and social scientific insights and approaches, this is a major contribution to the literature of British secularization, particularly its chronology. The book examines the claims by Callum Brown that the late 1940s and early 1950s in Britain were a period of religious resurgence prior to the onset of revolutionary secularization in the 1960s. These claims are substantially rejected on the basis of the first systematic analysis of a balanced portfolio of quantitative performance measures, published and unpublished, for all faith traditions. They subsume the three dimensions of belonging, behaving, and believing -- the typology increasingly applied to the study of religiosity. It is concluded that the long 1950s accord better with a gradualist interpretation of religious change in modern Britain. An up-to-date historiographical and bibliographical review is also offered. The volume will appeal to social historians of modern Britain, sociologists of religion, clergy, and church growth practitioners. --Provided by publisher
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 113-134
,
1. Introduction -- Historiography -- Sources -- Defining the decade -- 2. Belonging -- Affiliation -- Membership - general -- Membership - Anglican -- Membership - Catholic -- Membership - Free Church and Presbyterian -- Membership - Sunday schools -- Membership - other religions -- 3. Behaving -- Church attendance - introduction -- Church attendance - church data -- Church attendance - local surveys -- Church attendance - opinion polls -- Religious broadcasting -- Rites of passage -- Private religious practices -- 4. Believing -- Orthodox beliefs -- Heterodox beliefs -- Attitudes to religious issues -- Religious attitudes to secular issues -- 5. Conclusion -- Belonging -- Behaving -- Believing -- Summative assessment.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137512543
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137512536
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Religiosität
;
Religiöser Wandel
;
Geschichte 1945-1960
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