Bruce, Steve,  1954- <br/><br/>
Secularization :  in defence of an unfashionable theory / 
Steve Bruce. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) :  illustration 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>Describing secularization -- Explaining secularization -- Clarifying secularization -- Religion outside the churches -- Contemporary spirituality -- Superstition -- The supply-side alternative -- Unexceptional America -- Secularization elsewhere -- Will conflict reverse secularization? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191612183 0191612189 9780191612176 0191612170 9786613889645 6613889644 1283577194 9781283577199 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9786613889645 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>388964  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB097916  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015629171  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secularization (Theology)<br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--General.<br/>Religion and sociology.<br/>Secularization (Theology)<br/>Secularisatie (maatschappij)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic book.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT83.7 .B78 2011 EB 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>201.6