Secularization Rationalism and Sectarianism: Essays in Honour of Bryan R. Wilson - Hardcover

Beckford, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198277210 ISBN 13: 9780198277217

Verlag: Clarendon Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

How secular is contemporary society? Are pockets of sectarianism embedded in societies of developed countries? This timely book examines the interweaving of politics and religion, and of tradition and innovation in a variety of cultural settings. Eminent scholars from four continents examine here current turmoil in religious beliefs, practices, and organization--not only in the Western world, but in South America, Africa, South Asia, New Zealand, and Japan. They scrutinize evidence of religious change, decline, and revival; investigate challenges posed by new religious movements; and locate religious change and conflict in the context of broader shifts in consciousness and culture. Contributors include Richard Fenn, Phillip E. Hammond, David Martin, Philip Rieff, Roland Robertson, and Mark Schibley. With its focus on the interplay of secularization, rationalism, and sectarianism, this work offers a fitting tribute to Bryan Wilson, who has made so many contributions to the sociological understanding of these phenomena.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Clarendon Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198277210
• ISBN 13: 9780198277217
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 322
• Herausgeber: Wilson Bryan R., Dobbelaere Karel, Barker Eileen, Beckford James A.
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