Religion in Britain A Persistent Paradox.

Religion in Britain A Persistent Paradox.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davie, Grace
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Christian sociology > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Religion > 20th century.
Great Britain > Religion > 21st century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • Part I Preliminaries
  • Chapter I Introduction: A Framework for Discussion
  • Religion in Modern Britain: The Factors to Take into Account
  • Religion in Britain: A Revised Road Map
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2 Contexts and Generations
  • Britain in a Global Context
  • Economic, Political and Social Transformations
  • Generational Changes Since 1945
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 Facts and Figures
  • Introduction
  • Religion in the Census: 2001 and 2011
  • The Religious Constituencies of Modern Britain
  • Media Portrayals of Religion
  • Notes
  • Part II Religious Legacies
  • Chapter 4 Cultural Heritage, Believing without Belonging and Vicarious Religion
  • The Evidence for Religious Belief
  • Believing without Belonging
  • Vicarious Religion: Principles and Practice
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 Territory, Politics and Institutions
  • The English Case
  • Stepping Westward
  • The Importance of Locality
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6 Presence: Who Can Do What For Whom?
  • Chaplaincy
  • Religion and Education
  • Religious Leadership
  • Notes
  • Part III Shifting Priorities: From Obligation to Consumption
  • Chapter 7 An Emerging Market: Gainers and Losers
  • Cathedrals and their 'Customers'
  • Conservative Enclaves
  • An Ever-Changing Kaleidoscope
  • Who is Right and Who is Wrong?
  • Notes
  • Chapter 8 Proliferations of the Spiritual
  • New Religious Movements
  • The New Age or Self-Spiritualities
  • What is Spirituality?
  • Religious and Spiritual Markets: Some Examples
  • Notes
  • Part IV Public Religion and Secular Reactions
  • Chapter 9 Managing Diversity
  • The Satanic Verses and its Aftermath
  • Researching Discrimination
  • Is Multiculturalism Possible?
  • Secular, Secularization, Secularity and Secularism
  • Being Secular in Modern Britain
  • New Atheism
  • Gathering the Threads
  • Notes
  • Chapter 10 Religion in Public Life
  • Religion and the Law
  • Religion and Politics
  • Religion and Welfare
  • Religion and Health Care
  • In Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Part V Thinking Theoretically
  • Chapter 11 Religion and Modernity Continued
  • Thinking in the Round
  • Reacting to Unexpected Events
  • Responding to New Questions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • EULA

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