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A House Divided (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 18: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion

Bruce, Steve

 
9780367025267: A House Divided (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367025264 ISBN 13: 9780367025267
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of ‘secularization’. The book deals with the way in which Protestant schism and dissent paved the way for the rise of religious pluralism and toleration; and it also looks at the fragility of the two major responses to religious pluralism – the accommodation of liberal Protestantism and the sectarian rejection of the conservative alternative. It examines the part played by social, economic and political changes in undermining the plausibility of religion in western Europe, and puts forward the argument that core Reformation ideas must not be overlooked, particularly the repercussions of different beliefs about authority in competing Christian traditions.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367025264
ISBN 13 
9780367025267
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
268