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Secularization in the Long 1960s
Clive D. Field
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Description for Secularization in the Long 1960s
Using empirical research, this study provides a clear guide to the current state of the debate surrounding secularization in Britain during the long 1960s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCC2; HRQA; JFSR; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization. It moves beyond the now largely sterile and theoretical debates about the validity of the secularization thesis or paradigm. Combining historical and social scientific perspectives, Clive D. Field uses a wide range of quantitative sources to probe the extent and pace of religious change in Britain during the long 1960s. In most cases, data is presented for the years 1955-80, with particular attention to the methodological and other challenges posed by each source type. Following an introductory chapter, which reviews ... Read more
Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization. It moves beyond the now largely sterile and theoretical debates about the validity of the secularization thesis or paradigm. Combining historical and social scientific perspectives, Clive D. Field uses a wide range of quantitative sources to probe the extent and pace of religious change in Britain during the long 1960s. In most cases, data is presented for the years 1955-80, with particular attention to the methodological and other challenges posed by each source type. Following an introductory chapter, which reviews ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198799474
SKU
V9780198799474
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About Clive D. Field
Clive D. Field is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham and a former Director of Scholarship and Collections at The British Library. He has researched and published extensively on the social history of religion in Britain from 1689 to the present with special reference to religious statistics and the history of ... Read more
Reviews for Secularization in the Long 1960s
Field has probably set, at least for the foreseeable future, the numeric parameters within which historians will need to work, and that is an outstanding achievement.
Jeremy Morris, Anglican and Episcopal History
Through an exploration of church statistics, public opinion surveys, and other quantitative data, he attempts to construct the most comprehensive picture yet of the statistical evidence ... Read more
Jeremy Morris, Anglican and Episcopal History
Through an exploration of church statistics, public opinion surveys, and other quantitative data, he attempts to construct the most comprehensive picture yet of the statistical evidence ... Read more