Secularization
In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:10th Jan '13
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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
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 *
ISBN: 9780199654123
Dimensions: 214mm x 140mm x 13mm
Weight: 324g
254 pages