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The Secular Landscape

The Decline of Religion in America

Kevin McCaffree (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 287 Seiten

2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-50261-8 (ISBN)

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This book proposes a comprehensive theory of the loss of religion in human societies, with a specific and substantive focus on the contemporary United States. Kevin McCaffree draws on a range of disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology, and history to explore topics such as the origin of religion, the role of religion in recent American history, the loss of religion, and how Americans are dealing with this loss. The book is not only richly theoretical but also empirical. Hundreds of scientific studies are cited, and new statistical analyses enhance its core arguments. What emerges is an integrative and illuminating theory of secularization.

Kevin McCaffree is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana-Purdue University, USA.

1. The Secular Landscape.- 2. Religion Explained.- 3. Religious America.- 4. Shades of the Secular.- 5. American Nones.- 6. The Future of Religion.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2017
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 287 p. 17 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Church • communal networks • Comparative Religion • History of Religion • megachurches • New Age Religion • non-religious • Protestant Christianity • Religion • Religion and beliefs • Religion and Society • Religious • Religious issues and debates • religious non-affiliates • Secularity • Secularization • Social Sciences • Social Theory • Society and Social Sciences • Sociology • Sociology and anthropology • Sociology of Religion
ISBN-10	3-319-50261-1 / 3319502611
ISBN-13	978-3-319-50261-8 / 9783319502618
Zustand	Neuware