The decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000
For over two centuries, Christendom has declined in Western Europe, as we have moved gradually towards a society where a huge variety of religious and non-religious options are available. This book discusses this decline, showing where we are now, how we got there, and offering some predictions for...
| Résumé: | For over two centuries, Christendom has declined in Western Europe, as we have moved gradually towards a society where a huge variety of religious and non-religious options are available. This book discusses this decline, showing where we are now, how we got there, and offering some predictions for the future Introduction /Hugh McLeod --The secularisation decade : what the 1960s have done to the study of religious history /Callum G. Brown --Christendom in decline : the Swedish case /Eva M. Hamberg --New Christianity, indifference and diffused spirituality /Yves Lambert --Established churches and the growth of religious pluralism : a case study of christianisation and secularisation in England since 1700 /David Hempton --Catholicism in Ireland /Sheridan Gilley --Long-term religious developments in the Netherlands, c. 1750-2000 /Peter Van Rooden. The potency of 'Christendom' : the example of the Darmstädter Wort (1947) /Martin Greschat --The dechristianisation of death in modern France /Thomas Kselman --The impact of technology on Catholicism in France (1850-1950) /Michel Lagrée --Semantic structures of religious change in modern Germany /Lucian Hölscher --Master narratives of long-term religious change /Jeffrey Cox --A missiological postscript /Werner Ustorf. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0511064993 |