ISBN:
9780415083263
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (357 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Growth of Religious Diversity - Vol 1 : Britain from 1945 Volume 1: Traditions
DDC:
306.60941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This two-volume set considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britian, focusing, in particular, upon the closely inter-related themes of the decline of a specifically `Christian Society' and the emergence of a culturally and religiously plural society. Three core questions are examined in depth: to what extent and in what ways has religion remained a significant factor in British culture and society in the period since 1945?, what role does religion play in interpreting and understanding the development of a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society in post-war Britain?, and to
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; THE GROWTH OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: BRITAIN FROM 1945; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: PERSISTENCE PLURALISM AND PERPLEXITY; 1 CONTRASTS AND CONTINUITIES: THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN BRITAIN SINCE 1945; 2 INTEGRATED BUT INSECURE: A PORTRAIT OF ANGLO-JEWRY AT THE CLOSE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; 3 FRAGMENTED UNIVERSALITY: ISLAM AND MUSLIMS; 4 HINDU DHARMA IN DISPERSION; 5 OLD ALLIES, NEW NEIGHBOURS: SIKHS IN BRITAIN; 6 FILLING A VOID? AFRO-CARIBBEAN IDENTITY AND RELIGION; 7 EXPANDING THE RELIGIOUS SPECTRUM: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN MODERN BRITAIN
Description / Table of Contents:
8 THE RELIGIONS OF THE SILENT MAJORITYINDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
