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Author: Linda Woodhead, MBE (Lancaster University, UK) ,
Rebecca Catto (Lancaster University, UK)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780415575812
ISBN 10: 0415575818
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 14 February 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Woodhead and Catto have assembled a powerful and refreshingly diverse team of specialists on contemporary religion and secularism. The result is a volume that is attractively presented and accessible, as well as authoritative. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know how and why religion in the UK has changed since 1945, and what its place in our society is today. - Hugh McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, UK Based on extensive and wide-ranging research, the various chapters and case studies together present the most complete picture to date of the broad and changing British religious landscape of the postwar decades; from new Christian forms and the settling of Islam, Hinduism, and other religions in British society to new public ritualizations and the spiritualities in youth cultures and popular music. This is a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in the topic. - Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Woodhead and Catto have assembled a powerful and refreshingly diverse team of specialists on contemporary religion and secularism. The result is a volume that is attractively presented and accessible, as well as authoritative. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know how and why religion in the UK has changed since 1945, and what its place in our society is today. - Hugh McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, UK This is an important book in terms of its provenance, content, and reflections ... The book offers a coherent, rounded, and well-written account of the religious situation in Britain, one decade into the 21st century. - Grace Davie, Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion, University of Exeter, UK Based on extensive and wide-ranging research, the various chapters and case studies together present the most complete picture to date of the broad and changing British religious landscape of the postwar decades; from new Christian forms and the settling of Islam, Hinduism, and other religions in British society to new public ritualizations and the spiritualities in youth cultures and popular music. This is a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in the topic. - Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada
"""Woodhead and Catto have assembled a powerful and refreshingly diverse team of specialists on contemporary religion and secularism. The result is a volume that is attractively presented and accessible, as well as authoritative. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know how and why religion in the UK has changed since 1945, and what its place in our society is today."" - Hugh McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, UK ""Based on extensive and wide-ranging research, the various chapters and case studies together present the most complete picture to date of the broad and changing British religious landscape of the postwar decades; from new Christian forms and the settling of Islam, Hinduism, and other religions in British society to new public ritualizations and the spiritualities in youth cultures and popular music. This is a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in the topic."" - Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada 'Woodhead and Catto have assembled a powerful and refreshingly diverse team of specialists on contemporary religion and secularism. The result is a volume that is attractively presented and accessible, as well as authoritative. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know how and why religion in the UK has changed since 1945, and what its place in our society is today.' – Hugh McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, UK 'This is an important book in terms of its provenance, content, and reflections ... The book offers a coherent, rounded, and well-written account of the religious situation in Britain, one decade into the 21st century.' – Grace Davie, Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion, University of Exeter, UK 'In this remarkable book edited by Woodhead and Catto, the new landscape of religion, belief and change is narrated in careful and challenging detail.' – Martyn Percy, Journal of Anglican Studies 'Based on extensive and wide-ranging research, the various chapters and case studies together present the most complete picture to date of the broad and changing British religious landscape of the postwar decades; from new Christian forms and the settling of Islam, Hinduism, and other religions in British society to new public ritualizations and the spiritualities in youth cultures and popular music. This is a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in the topic.' – Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada 'All in all, Religion and Change in Modern Britain presents a truly collaborative work which is consistent in its main argument and benefits greatly from the expertise of scholars from different disciplines. It is essential reading for those who are interested in religious studies and societal change. Largely targeted at students and scholars, the book is written in a light and comprehensive style, which is a remarkable achievement for a collaborative piece.' – Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, University of Nottingham, UK in Political Studies Review ""...the wealth of information makes [this book] a very valuable resource book for anybody interested in religious change in Britain. The book should also be praised for devoting considerable attention to changes in mainstream Christianity, a topic which is sometimes marginalised in contemporary studies of religion."" -Pal Repstad, University of Agder, Norway in Journal of Contemporary Religion"
Woodhead and Catto have assembled a powerful and refreshingly diverse team of specialists on contemporary religion and secularism. The result is a volume that is attractively presented and accessible, as well as authoritative. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know how and why religion in the UK has changed since 1945, and what its place in our society is today. - Hugh McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham, UK
Author Information
Linda Woodhead is Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster University and Director of the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Research Programme. She is co-editor of Religions in the Modern World (2nd edition, Routledge 2009). Rebecca Catto is a Research Associate at Lancaster University, supporting the Religion and Society Programme.
