God is Dead: Secularization in the West

ISBN: 978-0-631-23275-9

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288 pages

April 2002, Wiley-Blackwell

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Offers a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of secularization, explaining clearly what the debate entails.
Draws on a diverse range of international examples, including Scottish fishermen, Virginian fundamentalists and Russian serfs.
Topics covered include religion and politics in the USA, the significance of New Age spirituality, the influence of eastern religions on the West, and the future of religion.
Discusses the work of Weber, Durkheim, Berger and Wilson, and elaborates on what they thought was happening to religion in the West.
Written by an internationally-known and widely respected sociologist of religion.
God is Dead offers an original and balanced overview of this key debate.