Religion and Modernization - Sociologists and Historians Debate the Secularization Thesis (Hardcover)

The claim that modern societies are less religious than their predecessors because modernity itself undermines the plausibility of religion has been almost an orthodoxy. But increasingly this "secularization thesis" is being challenged on a number of fronts. This collection brings together leading sociologists and historians who share a common interest in advancing our understanding of religous change by clarifying the key elements of the thesis and testing them against appropriate bodies of data. The book begins with an exposition of the thesis by two sociologists and goes on to present and interpret new data on church adherence in the 19th century in the USA and Europe, British church membership rates for the last two hundred years and the British 1851 census of church attendance, changes in English Roman Catholicism, and comparisons of American and European religiosity. The collection is completed with a response by Bryan Wilson, for many the chief advocate of the secularization account of religious change. Even where historians and sociologists cannot agree, "Religion and Modernization" aims to clarify the arguments and point the way toward their resolution. This book should be

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1992
First published:	December 1992
Editors:	Steve Bruce (Professor of Sociology)
Dimensions:	224 x 144 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-827369-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-827369-X
Barcode:	9780198273691

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