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Religion in Secular Society :Fifty Years On
Religion in Secular Society :Fifty Years On
hardback
Published:
6 October, 2016
Description
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780198788379 |
| ISBN10 | 0198788371 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 394 g |
| Product Dimensions | 138 x 202 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
Bruce's editing and updating of Wilson's work proves helpful in increasing readability and better conveying the utility of Wilson's text for a younger audience. This new edition and its relevance for the US's current religious landscape couldn't be more timely. In Appendix 2 Bruce provides updates to what has changed since 1966, when Wilson's text was original published, in terms of politics, policy, modes of identification, economic factors, and societal changes. Overall, I have to commend Bruce for clarifying Wilson's position and providing much needed updates to this text. This new edition is one that should be kept in conversation as future religious landscape data becomes available. * Sean Dixon, Reading Religion *
I welcome this re-edition of Bryan Wilson's work as an important marker in the sociology of religion * Grace Davie, Sociology of Religion *
Religion in Secular Society outlined in detail some of the empirical evidence emerging in the 1960s that the Church of England was facing very serious decline, even though few senior figures in the Church at the time were prepared to acknowledge this publicly. * Theology *
Bruce's efforts to bring Wilson's sociological descriptions to a new audience are to be commended and fully considered. * Clement Yung Wen, Expository Times *
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Author's Bio
Bryan R. Wilson, (1926 - 2004), was Reader Emeritus in Sociology at the University of Oxford and President of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (1971). He became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1963. Steve Bruce is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. His previous publications include Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory (2013), Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland (2007), Sociology: A Very Short Introduction (2000), and Choice and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory (OUP, 1999).