| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Europe
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christianity
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Religion
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Christentum
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Säkularisierung
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Christendom.
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Verval (geschiedenis)
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Secularisatie (maatschappij)
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045633
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Europe -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045751
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| Subject |
Europe
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Westeuropa
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Paris <1997>
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McLeod, Hugh
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Ustorf, Werner, 1945-
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| ISBN |
9780511064999 |
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0511064993 |
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0511120664 |
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9780511120664 |
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0511073453 |
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9780511073458 |
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0511058667 |
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9780511058660 |
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9780511496783 |
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0511496788 |
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1280161345 |
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9781280161346 |
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9786610161348 |
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6610161348 |
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9780521202336 |
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0521202337 |
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1107133904 |
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9781107133907 |
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0511203799 |
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9780511203794 |
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0511326246 |
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9780511326240 |
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