Predicting Religion

Ashgate

2003

xii, 253 p.

Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective

9780754630098

Beyond European and American exceptionalism: towards a global perspective / Jose Casanova --On secularisation and its prediction: a self-examination / David Martin --The evolutionary principle in the study of religion and society / Olivier Tschannen --The demise of Christianity in Britain / Steve Bruce --Prediction and prophecy in the future of religion / Bryan Wilson --Social networks and religious identity: an historical example from Wales / Paul Chambers --Social networks and personal beliefs: an example from modern Britain / Rob Hirst --A place at high table? Assessing the future of charismatic Christianity / Martyn Percy --The decline of the church in England as a local membership organization: predicting the nature of civil society in 2050 / Helen Cameron --After secularism: British government and the inner cities / Jenny Taylor. The self as the basis of religious faith: spirituality of gay, lesbian and bisexual Christians / Andrew K.T. Yip --The Quakers : towards an alternate ordering / Gay Pilgrim --Understanding the spirituality of people who do not go to church / Kate Hunt --'Witchcraft will not soon vanish from this earth': Wicca in the 21st century / Jo Pearson --Alexis de Tocqueville, pantheism and the religion of democracy / S.J.D. Green --Religion on --religion in cyberspace / Anastasia Karaflogka --The paranormal in Swedish religiosity / Ulf Sjodin --Are the stars coming out? Secularization and the future of astrology in the west / Wayne Spencer --An ageing New Age? / Paul Heelas and Benjamin Seel.

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