04221cam a2200661Ka 4500 ocn841172578 OCoLC 20200709055815.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130429s2013 pau ob 001 0 eng d 2012043415 N$T eng pn N$T YDXCP MHW IDEBK E7B TEFOD OCLCF MEAUC OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCQ LOA AZK CNNLC 857933667 902681027 961638759 962652177 9781599474298 (electronic bk.) 1599474298 (electronic bk.) 9781599473796 1599473798 1599474662 9781599474663 (OCoLC)841172578 (OCoLC)857933667 (OCoLC)902681027 (OCoLC)961638759 (OCoLC)962652177 16F5CD8B-78C1-4B94-A3BF-C7E100A555C8 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com BT83.7 .E24 2013eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.8 23 MAIN Eberstadt, Mary. How the West really lost God : a new theory of secularization / Mary Eberstadt. West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : Templeton Press, 2013. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Does secularization even exist? -- What is the conventional story line about how the West lost God? What are the problems with it? -- Circumstantial evidence for a "family factor", part one: the empirical links among marriage, childbearing, and religiosity -- Circumstantial evidence for the "family factor", part two: snapshots of the demographic record, or, How fundamental changes in family formation have accompanied the decline of Christianity in the West -- Circumstantial evidence for the "family factor", part three: because the "family factor" explains problems that existing theories of secularization do not explain, including what is known as "American exceptionalism" -- Assisted religious suicide: how some churches participated in their own downfall by ignoring the family factor -- Putting all the pieces together: toward an alternative anthropology of Christian belief -- The future of faith and family: the case for pessimism -- The future of faith and family: the case for optimism -- Conclusion: why does any of this matter? Print version record. In this magisterial work, leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world. The conventional wisdom is that the West first experienced religious decline, followed by the decline of the family. Eberstadt turns this standard account on its head. Marshalling an impressive array of research, from fascinating historical data on family decline in pre-Revolutionary France to contemporary popular culture both in the United States and Europe, Eberstadt shows that the reverse has also been true: the undermining of the family ha. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Secularization (Theology) Secularism. Secularism. Secularization (Theology) Theology. RELIGION Christian Church History. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh Secularism. fast (OCoLC)fst01110732 Secularization (Theology) fast (OCoLC)fst01110740 Electronic books. Electronic books. local Print version: Eberstadt, Mary. How the West really lost God. West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : Templeton Press, 2013 9781599473796 (DLC) 2012043415 (OCoLC)821218509 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=570962 ebrary EBRY ebr10687029 EBSCOhost EBSC 570962 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis25338793 YBP Library Services YANK 9964707 92 N$T 53051 53051