Religion in Modern Europe: A Memory Mutates
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Religion in Modern Europe: A Memory Mutates


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Author:   Editor
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.494kg
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9780198280651


ISBN 10:   0198280653
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   03 August 2000
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Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One. Facts and Figures: a profile of religion in modern Europe Chapter Two. Theoretical Perspectives Chapter Three. Vicarious Memory 1: the churches Chapter Four. Vicarious Memory 2: the church-goers Chapter Five. Precarious Memory: religion in the education systems of Europe Chapter Six. Mediated Memory: religion and the European media Chapter Seven. Alternative Memories 1: pluralism and the law Chapter Eight. Alternative Memories 2: religious innovations Chapter Nine. Aesthetic or Symbolic Memory: the cultural sphere Chapter Ten. Conclusion

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Offers a nuanced reflection on belief and practice ... Grace Davie has once again done us a service in showing how complex the full story is likely to be British Journal of Sociology Here we have a wide, very readable and fascinating survey of the state of various religions and churches in Europe today, along with heretofore unexplored facets of the subject. Further, if futurology is the name of the game, this book may be of some cheer to those who do not accept the inevitable end of religion, especially Christianity, as a driving or guiding force in European society International Journal of Education and Religion


Offers a nuanced reflection on belief and practice ... Grace Davie has once again done us a service in showing how complex the full story is likely to be British Journal of Sociology Here we have a wide, very readable and fascinating survey of the state of various religions and churches in Europe today, along with heretofore unexplored facets of the subject. Further, if futurology is the name of the game, this book may be of some cheer to those who do not accept the inevitable end of religion, especially Christianity, as a driving or guiding force in European society International Journal of Education and Religion


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Grace Davie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Exeter

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