ISBN:
0191584185
,
0199241244
,
9780191584183
,
9780199241248
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 218 pages)
Series Statement:
European societies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.6/094
Keywords:
1900 - 1999
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Godsdienst
;
Veranderingsprocessen
;
Religion
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
;
Memory
;
Religion
;
Religion and sociology
;
Religion
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Religion and sociology
;
Memory
;
Religion
;
Europa
;
Europa
;
Europa
;
Religion
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-206) and index
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Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Facts and Figures: A Profile of Religion in Modern Europe -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives -- 3. Vicarious Memory 1: The Churches -- 4. Vicarious Memory 2: The Churchgoers -- 5. Precarious Memory: Religion in the Education Systems of Europe -- 6. Mediated Memory: Religion and the European Media -- 7. Alternative Memories 1: Pluralism and the Law -- 8. Alternative Memories 2: Relgious Innovations -- 9. Aesthetic or Symbolic Memory: The Cultural Sphere -- 10. Conclusion: The Memory Mutates -- References -- Index -- Last Page
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This work examines religion as a form of collective memory: a memory held in place by Europe's institutional churches, but under increasing pressure due to rapid social and economic change
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