Title Religion and modernity : an international comparison / Detlef Pollack and Gergely Rosta ; translated by David West

Edition First edition Published Oxford, OX : Oxford University Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Part I. Theoretical reflections. Reflections on the concept of modernity -- Reflections on the concept of religion -- Key questions and methodological preliminaries -- Part II. Religious decline in Western Europe? Between dechurchification and religious persistence: West Germany -- A stronghold of Catholicisim: Italy -- Religion in free fall: The Netherlands -- Part III. Religious renaissance in Eastern Europe. Russia: return of religion -- East Germany: no signs of a turnaround -- Poland: unexpected vitality after the fall of communism -- Part IV. Religious change outside Europe: three case studies. Religion and religiosity in the US: a contrasting case to Europe? -- South Korea: the simultaneity of modernization and Christianization -- Charismatic, pentecostal, and evangelical movements in Europe, the US, and Brazil -- Part V. Systematic perspectives. Macro- and microsociological explanat5ions for differences between countries -- Patterns and determinants of religious change in the modern period: towards a multi-paradigmatic theory Summary The volume describes how the social significance of religion in its various facets has changed in modern societies and pinpoints the factors and conditions that have contributed to these changes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the German Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December, 11, 2017) Subject Christianity -- 21st century. Christianity -- Forecasting. Christian sociology. Christianity -- 20th century. Church history -- Modern period, 1500- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Christian sociology Christianity Christianity -- Forecasting Church history -- Modern period Form Electronic book Author Rosta, Gergely, author. ISBN 9780192521729 0192521721 9780191840302 0191840300

Other Titles Religion in der Moderne. English

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