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008			150601s2015 quc ob 001 0 eng
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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aThiessen, Joel, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe meaning of Sunday : _bthe practice of belief in a secular age / _cJoel Thiessen.
264		1	_aMontreal : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
588	0		_aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 8, 2015)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	3		_a"Fewer Canadians identify with a religion, believe in a god, or attend weekly religious services than in past decades. What explains higher and lower levels of religiosity? Is secularization a myth or reality? What impact does religiosity or secularity have on a society's social and civil fabric? In The Meaning of Sunday, Joel Thiessen addresses these questions by weaving together narratives gathered from interviews with various members of the religious and secular communities. Exploring the meanings and motivations behind people's religious beliefs and behaviours, the book features discussions with three categories of people: those who attend religious services weekly, those who attend services mainly for religious holidays and rites of passage, and those who do not identify with any religious group and never attend religious services. Interview responses show that religiosity levels correlate to one's personal experiences with the supernatural, religious organizations, and their social ties to those who either encourage or discourage religious identification, belief, or practice. Concluding that the demand for religion is waning regardless of what religious groups include in their programs, Thiessen suggests that, apart from some initial social and civic concern, Canadian society may be just fine without it. Testing two dominant theories in the sociology of religion--secularization and rational choice theory--The Meaning of Sunday provides in-depth qualitative research on people's "lived religion" and contributes to a major ongoing debate concerning the nature and importance of religion in contemporary society."-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aReligion and sociology _zCanada.
650		0	_aSecularization _zCanada.
650		0	_aRational choice theory.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture _2bisacsh
650		7	_aRational choice theory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01090260
650		7	_aReligion and sociology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01093858
650		7	_aSecularization. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01110738
651		7	_aCanada. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204310
655		4	_aElectronic books.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aThiessen, Joel _tThe Meaning of Sunday _dMontréal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2015 _z9780773546264
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