ISBN:
9780415575805
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (425 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Suppl.:
Rezensiert in Gardner, Kevin J. [Rezension von: Woodhead, Linda, Religion and Change in Modern Britain] 2015
Suppl.:
Rezensiert in Bruce, Steve Religion and Change in Modern Britain 2013
Paralleltitel:
Print version Religion and Change in Modern Britain
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Religion and change in modern Britain
DDC:
200.941
Schlagwort(e):
Great Britain - Religion - 21st century
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Electronic books
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Great Britain
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Religion
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20th century
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Great Britain
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Religion
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21st century
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Großbritannien
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Religion
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Religiöser Pluralismus
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Interreligiöser Dialog
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Geschichte 1945-2012
Kurzfassung:
This book offers a fully up-to-date and comprehensive guide to religion in Britain since 1945. A team of leading scholars provide a fresh analysis and overview, with a particular focus on diversity and change. They examine: relations between religious and secular beliefs and institutions the evolving role and status of the churches the growth and 'settlement, of non-Christian religious communities the spread and diversification of alternative spiritualities religion in welfare, education, media, politics and law theoretical perspectives on religious change. The volume presents the latest resea
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Religion and Change in Modern Britain; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1 Controversies as a lens on change; PART 1 Changing religious forms; 2 Christianity: loss of monopoly; Case study 1: The formation of the United Reformed Church; 3 Judaism, Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism: post-war settlements; Introduction; Judaism; Sikhism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Conclusion; Case study 2: The Inter Faith Network and the development of inter faith relations in Britain; 4 Alternative spiritualities: marginal and mainstream
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
5 God-changeCase study 3: The religiosity of young people growing up in poverty; 6 Changing British ritualization; Case study 4: Multi-faith spaces as symptoms and agents of change; Images of religion and change in modern Britain; PART 2 Wider influences; 7 The changing faces of media and religion; Case study 5: Religion, youth cultures and popular music; 8 Religion, welfare and education; Case study 6: The role of faith-based organizations in service provision for homeless people; 9 Religion, politics and law; Case study 7: Religion, human rights law and 'opting out' of religious education
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
PART 3 Theoretical perspectives10 Cultural perspectives; 11 Social perspectives; 12 The religious and the secular; Index;
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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