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Secularization - In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory (Hardcover)
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Secularization - In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory (Hardcover)
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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 secularization paradigm of the extent to which
new religious movements or New Age spiritualities are replacing
religion; changes in the nature and power of folk religion and
superstition; rational choice alternatives to the secularization
paradigm; the popularity and political influence of religion in the
USA; religious change in the developing world; reactions to Islam
in Europe; and the effects of recent controversies over the public
place of religion. Bruce presents a robust defence of the
secularization paradigm, clarifying its arguments for the benefit
of all sides of the debate.
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