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The Secularization of Early Modern England - From Religious Culture to Religious Faith (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,364
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The Secularization of Early Modern England - From Religious Culture to Religious Faith (Hardcover): C. John Sommerville

The Secularization of Early Modern England - From Religious Culture to Religious Faith (Hardcover)

C. John Sommerville

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Secularization is a subject of daunting size and is filled with ambiguity. Through the use of insights gained from anthropology and sociology, and by studying an earlier period than is usually considered, this provocative work overcomes the usual obstacles to exploring and explaining why various aspects of life--art, language, work, play, technology, and power--became divorced from religious values in early modern England. Sommerville helps modern readers understand what life was like in an age in which society was suffused with religion and was as basic to thought as the structure of language. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of secularization, he shows that a transformation of England's cultural grammar preceded the loosening of belief, and that this was largely accomplished between 1500 and 1700, much earlier than commonly believed. Sommerville asserts that only when definitions of space and time changed, and language and technology were transformed (as well as art and play) could a secular world view be sustained. Demonstrating that the process was more political and theological than economic or social, Sommerville shows that as aspects of daily life became divorced from religious values and controls, religious culture was supplanted by religious faith--a reasoned, rather than an unquestioned, belief in the supernatural. The first large-scale treatment of the history of secularization, The Secularization of Early Modern England will greatly interest students of history, religion, sociology, anthropology, and literature.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 1992
First published: March 1992
Authors: C. John Sommerville (Professor of History)
Dimensions: 235 x 159 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-507427-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > 1500 to 1700
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war
Books > History > British & Irish history > 1500 to 1700
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
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LSN: 0-19-507427-0
Barcode: 9780195074277

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