The Cultivation of Conformity: Towards a General Theory of Internal Secularisation

Author:   Pink Dandelion
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138740143


Pages:   182
Publication Date:   24 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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The Cultivation of Conformity: Towards a General Theory of Internal Secularisation


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Author:   Pink Dandelion
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9781138740143


ISBN 10:   1138740144
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   24 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part I: Theoretical context: the conundrum facing religious groups 1. Organisational types and the inclination to conform 2. Secularisation, secularism, rights and recruitment Part II: Theoretical complexities: religion and ‘the world’ 3. The history of the hedge 4. Quakers as citizens and outlaws 5. Modelling turbulence Part III: New theory: a future of religiosity 6. Quaker culture and non-doctrinal assimilation 7. Internal secularisation: elements and agency References

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‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion directs the work of the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies, and is Professor of Quaker Studies at the University of Birmingham and Research Fellow at Lancaster University, UK. He has published widely in Quakerism and the sociology of religion. He is the author of A Sociological Analysis of the Theology of Quakers; The Liturgies of Quakerism; An Introduction to Quakerism; The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction; and Making Our Connections: The Spirituality of Travel, and co-author of Heaven on Earth: Quakers and the Second Coming; and Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope. He is the editor of The Creation of Quaker Theory: Insider Perspectives, and the co-editor of The Historical Dictionary of Friends (Quakers); The A–Z of Friends (Quakers); Good and Evil: Quaker Perspectives; The Quaker Condition: The Sociology of a Liberal Religion; Religion and Youth; The Oxford Handbook of Quaker Studies; and Early Quakers and their Theological Thought 1647–1723.

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