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Author Davie, Grace.

Title Religion in Britain since 1945 : believing without belonging / Grace Davie
Published Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1994

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 W'PONDS  306.60941 Dav/Rib  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 226 pages ; 21 cm
Series Making contemporary Britain
Making contemporary Britain.
Contents Foreword / David Martin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Rapidly Changing Context -- 3. The Sacred and the Secular: Religious Generations in Post-war Britain -- 4. Religious Constituencies -- 5. The Ordinary Gods of British Society -- 6. Believing Without Belonging: Variations on the Theme -- 7. Handing on the Tradition: the Significance of Age and Gender -- 8. Church and State: a Framework for Discussion -- 9. Religious Professionals: Lay and Ordained -- 10. Religion and Modernity: a Theoretical Postscript
Summary This work aims to do two things: to describe as accurately as possible the religious situation of Britain at the end of the 20th century; and to evaluate this evidence within a sociological framework. The book reflects the considerable variety of religious cultures within the United Kingdom
Analysis Great Britain
Religion History
Great Britain
Religion History
Great Britain - Religion - 20th century
Notes Bibliography: p210-220. - Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-220) and index
Subject Religion and culture -- Great Britain.
Religion and sociology -- Great Britain.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Religion -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056936
LC no. 94001738
ISBN 0631184430 (alk. paper)
0631184449 (paperback: alk. paper)