Predicting Religion : Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures - Grace Davie

Predicting Religion

Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures

By: Grace Davie (Editor), Paul Heelas (Editor), Linda, MBE Woodhead (Editor)

Paperback | 24 November 2003

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Religion in the contemporary west is undergoing rapid change. In Predicting Religion twenty experts in the study of religion present their predictions about the future of religion in the 21st century - predictions based on careful analysis of the contemporary religious scene from traditional forms of Christianity to new spiritualities. The range of predictions is broad. A number predict further secularization - with religion in the west seen as being in a state of terminal decline. Others question this approach and suggest that we are witnessing not decline but transformation understood in different ways: a shift from theism to pantheism, from outer to inner authority, from God to self-as-god, and above all from religion to spirituality. This accessible book on the contemporary religious scene offers students and scholars of the sociology of religion and theology, as well as interested general readers, fresh insights into the future of religion and spirituality in the west. Published in association with the British Sociological Association Study of Religion group, in the Ashgate Religion and Theology in Interdisciplinary Perspective series.
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'...this really is an interesting and exciting collection...There is much to explore and enjoy....I strongly recommend this book.' Theology '... a surprisingly insightful and accessible collection of essays with wide appeal and broad content... a welcome contribution given its intentional and refreshing boldness.' Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory '... lively and thought-provoking... diversity is the book's strength...' Reviews in Religion and Theology '... the articles are invariably provocative and offer an intriguing commentary on the potential future of various religious movements during the coming decades.' Contact 'Theoretically informed as well as creative, its 19 chapters bravely predict religion's coming shape and texture - 30 to 50 years hence.' Sociology of Religion 'This is an exciting and informative book presenting sociological analyses of the future of religious behaviours in Britain... The essays in this anthology are written by experts and based on primary research with well-defined research populations. The content is interesting and captivating, and the themes have been chosen with vision. The work makes a worthy contribution to the body of knowledge on the social dimensions of Christianity.' Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae

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