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The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world pick and mix' their own religions, Starting with the Reformation and ending with New Age spirituality, this book offers a comprehensive sociological description and explanation of the changes in the religious life of Western society that have accompanied modernization. This major new book from a leading sociologist of religion tracks the Church's changing role from monolith to Sect, to Denomination, and at the end of the twentieth century, to the Cult. What were the forces that brought about this change? What is the real role for the Church in the modern world? Professor Steve Bruce answers these questions in a clearly argued and accessible way. Including substantial chapters on religion in the USA, religion and ethnicity, and the New Age, Religion in the Modern World is an invaluable resource for students of sociology, religion or history and anyone with a real interest in looking behind the headlines for the place of religion in today's society
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Steve Bruce is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of many books, including Religion in Modern Britain, The Rise and Fall of the New Christian Right, The Red Hand, and The Edge of the Union, and the co-editor of The Rapture of Politics: The Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000.
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- EditoreOxford Univ Pr
- Data di pubblicazione1996
- ISBN 10 0198781520
- ISBN 13 9780198781523
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine256
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Religion in the Modern World : from Cathedrals to Cults. By Steve Bruce. OXFORD : 2005.
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Oxford University Press, Oxford
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0198781520
ISBN 13: 9780198781523
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Reprint. OXFORD : 2000. [ First published in 1996.]. Paperback. White, silver and dark red pictorial covers. Tight, bright and clean. Ex college library with minimal markings. VERY GOOD INDEED. (vi), 256 pages. Includes bibliography. Index. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Foundations of Modernity -- 3. The Erosion of the Supernatural -- 4. Structuring Religion -- 5. Religion, Ethnicity, and Social Change -- 6. America and God -- 7. The New Religions of the 1970s -- 8. The New Age -- 9. Conclusion. SUMMARY: The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world 'pick and mix' their own religions. This book offers a comprehensive sociological description of modern changes in religious life. Starting with the Reformation and ending with New Age spirituality, this book offers a comprehensive sociological description and explanation of the changes in the religious life of Western society that have accompanied modernization. This major new book from a leading sociologist of religion tracks the Church's changing role from monolith to Sect, to Denomination, and at the end of the twentieth century, to the Cult. What were the forces that brought about this change? What is the real role for the Church in the modern world? Professor Steve Bruce answers these questions in a clearly argued and accessible way. Including substantial chapters on religion in the USA, religion and ethnicity, and the New Age, Religion in the Modern World is an invaluable resource for students of sociology, religion or history and anyone with a real interest in looking behind the headlines for the place of religion in today's society. 8vo.**Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Codice articolo 055321
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