The Secularization Debate |
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| Author:
| Swatos,, William H.
Olson, Daniel V. A. |
| Contribution by:
| Beyer, Peter
Swatos, William H.
the Sociology of Religionand Liliane Voyé-Université Catholique de Louvain, Jr. -Association for
Belgique, . |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-0761-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.95 |
Book Description:
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Introduced to social scientific audiences by Max Weber, the concept of secularization has had a major influence on the way in which religion has been understood in the West since the 1960s, but since the late 1980s both its predictive and descriptive adequacy has been seriously challenged.
The Secularization Debate is a collection of essays by prominent American and European scholars that forcefully delineates the critical issues pivotal to the hotly contested concept of...
More DescriptionIntroduced to social scientific audiences by Max Weber, the concept of secularization has had a major influence on the way in which religion has been understood in the West since the 1960s, but since the late 1980s both its predictive and descriptive adequacy has been seriously challenged. The Secularization Debate is a collection of essays by prominent American and European scholars that forcefully delineates the critical issues pivotal to the hotly contested concept of secularization and its continued relevance in the postmodern era.