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Predicting religion : Christian, secular, and alternative futures / edited by Grace Davie, Linda Woodhead, and Paul Heelas.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and theology in interdisciplinary perspectives seriesPublication details: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2002.Description: xii, 253 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0754630099 (alk. paper)
  • 0754630102 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200/.1/12 21
LOC classification:
  • BL48 .P74 2002
Contents:
Introduction / Linda Woodhead, Paul Heelas and Grace Davie -- 1. Beyond European and American Exceptionalisms: towards a Global Perspective / Jose Casanova -- 2. On Secularization and its Prediction: a Self-examination / David Martin -- 3. The Evolutionary Principle in the Study of Religion and Society / Olivier Tschannen -- 4. The Demise of Christianity in Britain / Steve Bruce -- 5. Prediction and Prophecy in the Future of Religion / Bryan Wilson -- 6. Social Networks and Religious Identity: An Historical Example from Wales / Paul Chambers -- 7. Social Networks and Personal Beliefs: An Example from Modern Britain / Rob Hirst -- 8. A Place at High Table? Assessing the Future of Charismatic Christianity / Martyn Percy -- 9. The Decline of the Church in England as a Local Membership Organization: Predicting the Nature of Civil Society in 2050 / Helen Cameron -- 10. After Secularism: British Government and the Inner Cities / Jenny Taylor -- 11. The Self as the Basis of Religious Faith: Spirituality of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Christians / Andrew K. T. Yip -- 12. The Quakers: towards an Alternate Ordering / Gay Pilgrim -- 13. Understanding the Spirituality of People who Do Not Go to Church / Kate Hunt -- 14. 'Witchcraft will not soon Vanish from this Earth': Wicca in the 21st Century / Jo Pearson -- 15. Alexis de Tocqueville, Pantheism and the Religion of Democracy / S. J. D. Green -- 16. Religion on - Religion in Cyberspace / Anastasia Karaflogka -- 17. The Paranormal in Swedish Religiosity / Ulf Sjodin -- 18. Are the Stars Coming out? Secularization and the Future of Astrology in the West / Wayne Spencer -- 19. An Ageing New Age? / Paul Heelas and Benjamin Seel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Linda Woodhead, Paul Heelas and Grace Davie -- 1. Beyond European and American Exceptionalisms: towards a Global Perspective / Jose Casanova -- 2. On Secularization and its Prediction: a Self-examination / David Martin -- 3. The Evolutionary Principle in the Study of Religion and Society / Olivier Tschannen -- 4. The Demise of Christianity in Britain / Steve Bruce -- 5. Prediction and Prophecy in the Future of Religion / Bryan Wilson -- 6. Social Networks and Religious Identity: An Historical Example from Wales / Paul Chambers -- 7. Social Networks and Personal Beliefs: An Example from Modern Britain / Rob Hirst -- 8. A Place at High Table? Assessing the Future of Charismatic Christianity / Martyn Percy -- 9. The Decline of the Church in England as a Local Membership Organization: Predicting the Nature of Civil Society in 2050 / Helen Cameron -- 10. After Secularism: British Government and the Inner Cities / Jenny Taylor -- 11. The Self as the Basis of Religious Faith: Spirituality of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Christians / Andrew K. T. Yip -- 12. The Quakers: towards an Alternate Ordering / Gay Pilgrim -- 13. Understanding the Spirituality of People who Do Not Go to Church / Kate Hunt -- 14. 'Witchcraft will not soon Vanish from this Earth': Wicca in the 21st Century / Jo Pearson -- 15. Alexis de Tocqueville, Pantheism and the Religion of Democracy / S. J. D. Green -- 16. Religion on - Religion in Cyberspace / Anastasia Karaflogka -- 17. The Paranormal in Swedish Religiosity / Ulf Sjodin -- 18. Are the Stars Coming out? Secularization and the Future of Astrology in the West / Wayne Spencer -- 19. An Ageing New Age? / Paul Heelas and Benjamin Seel.

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