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Researching Religion
Why We Need Social Science
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2018
359 kr
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Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves to academic disciplines, there are very many ways of viewing religion. Certain kinds of questions …
Researching Religion
Why We Need Social Science
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2018
359 kr
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Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves to academic disciplines, there are very many ways of viewing religion. Certain kinds of questions …
Religion in Secular Society
Fifty Years On
Av Bryan R. Wilson, Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2016
473 kr
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Fifty years after its publication, Bryan Wilson''s Religion in Secular Society (1966) remains a seminal work. It is one of the clearest articulations of the secularization thesis: the claim that modernizations brings with it fundamental changes in the nature and status of religion. For Wilson, …
Religion in Secular Society
Fifty Years On
Av Bryan R. Wilson, Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2016
473 kr
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Fifty years after its publication, Bryan Wilson''s Religion in Secular Society (1966) remains a seminal work. It is one of the clearest articulations of the secularization thesis: the claim that modernizations brings with it fundamental changes in the nature and status of religion. For Wilson, …
Paisley
Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2007
245 kr
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The career of the Revd Ian Paisley raises vital questions about the links between religion and politics in the modern world. Paisley is unique in having founded his own church and party and led both to success, so that he effectively has a veto over political developments in Northern Ireland. Steve …
Why are Women more Religious than Men?
Av Steve Bruce, Marta Trzebiatowska
E-bok, 2012
326 kr
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Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of ''New Age'' spirituality and …
Why are Women more Religious than Men?
Av Steve Bruce, Marta Trzebiatowska
E-bok, 2012
326 kr
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Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of ''New Age'' spirituality and …
Secularization
In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2013
391 kr
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The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends …
Secularization
In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2013
391 kr
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The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends …
Secular Beats Spiritual
The Westernization of the Easternization of the West
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2017
408 kr
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The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape. Possible candidates for …
Secular Beats Spiritual
The Westernization of the Easternization of the West
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2017
408 kr
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The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape. Possible candidates for …
British Gods
Religion in Modern Britain
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2020
359 kr
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The big picture is well-known: over the last century, religion in Britain has lost power, popularity, and plausibility. Here, Steve Bruce charts the quantifiable changes in religious interest and observance over the last fifty years by returning to a number of towns and villages that were the …
British Gods
Religion in Modern Britain
Av Steve Bruce
E-bok, 2020
359 kr
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The big picture is well-known: over the last century, religion in Britain has lost power, popularity, and plausibility. Here, Steve Bruce charts the quantifiable changes in religious interest and observance over the last fifty years by returning to a number of towns and villages that were the …
Religion and Modernization
Sociologists and Historians Debate the Secularization Thesis
Av Bruce, Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 1992
2856 kr
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The claim that modern societies are less religious than their predecessors because modernity undermines the plausibility of religion has been almost an orthodoxy. But increasingly this `secularization thesis' is being challenged on a number of fronts.This collection brings together leading …
Conservative Protestant Politics
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 1998
2994 kr
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This timely new study examines the place and nature of religion in industrial societies through a comparative analysis of conservative Protestant politics in a variety of 'first world' societies. Rejecting the popular, but misleading, grouping of diverse movements under the heading of …
Choice and Religion
A Critique of Rational Choice Theory
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 1999
1243 kr
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The orthodox view is that the democracies of the western world have become increasingly secular over the twentieth century. Fewer and fewer people have chosen to believe, and the church has declined markedly as religion has changed from being part of an identity ascribed at birth to being a matter …
Why are Women more Religious than Men?
Av Marta Trzebiatowska, Steve Bruce
Häftad, 2014
406 kr
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Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of 'New Age' spirituality and …
Religion in Modern Britain
Av Steve Bruce
Häftad, 1995
942 kr
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Covering a key topic in both sociology and religious studies, this book is a thorough and lively introduction to the character and place of religion in contemporary British society.A brief introduction places the major British churches in their historical context and explains our curious …
Religion in the Modern World
From Cathedrals to Cults
Av Steve Bruce
Häftad, 1996
1115 kr
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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 …
Researching Religion
Why We Need Social Science
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2018
779 kr
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Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves to academic disciplines, there are very many ways of viewing religion. Certain kinds of questions …
Religion in Secular Society
Fifty Years On
Av Bryan R. Wilson, Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2016
639 kr
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Fifty years after its publication, Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society (1966) remains a seminal work. It is one of the clearest articulations of the secularization thesis: the claim that modernizations brings with it fundamental changes in the nature and status of religion. For Wilson, …
Secular Beats Spiritual
The Westernization of the Easternization of the West
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2017
667 kr
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The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape. Possible candidates for …
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
Av Steve Bruce
Häftad, 2018
113 kr
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Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates …
British Gods
Religion in Modern Britain
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2020
585 kr
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The big picture is well-known: over the last century, religion in Britain has lost power, popularity, and plausibility. Here, Steve Bruce charts the quantifiable changes in religious interest and observance over the last fifty years by returning to a number of towns and villages that were the …
Paisley
Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2007
1302 kr
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The career of the Revd Ian Paisley raises vital questions about the links between religion and politics in the modern world. Paisley is unique in having founded his own church and party and led both to success, so that he effectively has a veto over political developments in Northern Ireland. Steve …
Paisley
Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland
Av Steve Bruce
Häftad, 2009
390 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The career of the Revd Ian Paisley raises vital questions about the links between religion and politics in the modern world. Paisley is unique in having founded his own church and party and led both to success, so that he effectively has a veto over political developments in Northern Ireland. Steve …
Secularization
In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2011
1206 kr
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The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends …
Why are Women more Religious than Men?
Av Marta Trzebiatowska, Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2012
1133 kr
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Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim that their faith is important to them. Women also dominate the world of 'New Age' spirituality and …
Secularization
In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory
Av Steve Bruce
Häftad, 2013
475 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of modernization. Renowned sociologist, Steve Bruce, elaborates the secularization paradigm and defends …
House Divided
Protestantism, Schism and Secularization
Av Steve Bruce
Inbunden, 2019
1827 kr
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The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of ‘secularization’. The book deals with the way in which Protestant schism and dissent paved the way for the rise of religious pluralism and toleration; and it also looks …