General Information

Language

English.

Published

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Physical Description

xvi, 322 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Barker, Eileen, 1938- (editor.)

Beckford, James A., 1942-2022 (editor.)

Dobbelaere, Karel, (editor.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

How secular is contemporary society? Are pockets of sectarianism embedded in societies of developed countries? This timely book examines the interweaving of politics and religion, and of tradition and innovation in a variety of cultural settings. Eminent scholars from four continents examine here current turmoil in religious beliefs, practices, and organization--not only in the Western world, but in South America, Africa, South Asia, New Zealand, and Japan. They scrutinize evidence of religious change, decline, and revival; investigate challenges posed by new religious movements; and locate religious change and conflict in the context of broader shifts in consciousness and culture. Contributors include Richard Fenn, Phillip E. Hammond, David Martin, Philip Rieff, Roland Robertson, and Mark Schibley. With its focus on the interplay of secularization, rationalism, and sectarianism, this work offers a fitting tribute to Bryan Wilson, who has made so many contributions to the sociological understanding of these phenomena.

Subjects

Subject

Wilson, Bryan R., 1926-2004.

Religion and sociology.

Secularization (Theology)

Rationalism.

Sects.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Eileen Barker, James A. Beckford, and Karel Dobbelaere.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 430 - Donation of Zsuzsa Horváth

ISBN

0198277210

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	200/.9/04 BAR		OSA Repository	-

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