Religion in Britain Since 1945: Believing without Belonging (Making Contemporary Britain)

Religion in Britain Since 1945: Believing without Belonging (Making Contemporary Britain)

by Grace Davie (Author)

Synopsis

This important book describes as accurately as possible the religious situation of Great Britain at the end of the twentieth century, and evaluates this evidence within a sociological framework.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 244
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
Published: 19 Sep 1994

ISBN 10: 0631184449
ISBN 13: 9780631184447

Media Reviews
For some time a book has been needed on the sociology of religion in Britain and that need has been met admirably and comprehensively by Grace Davie. This will be the standard text for at least a decade. Professor David Martin, London School of Economics A wonderfully readable history and a liberating experience. Roger Bowen, St John's College, Nottingham It will remain a valuable resource and a provocative challenge for years to come. The Tablet A Scholarly analysis from a sociological point of view of the religious situation in contemporary Britain, including aspects of secularization and the believing without belonging pattern . Missiology: An International Review, Vol. XXIII, No.3, July 1995 A clear and penetrating analysis of many of the main contours of religion in modern Britain. Reviews in Religion
Author Bio
Grace Davie lectures in Sociology at the University of Exeter and is the co-author (with G. Ahern) of Inner City God.