Grace Davie: 4 books
The Sociology of Religion
A Critical Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Why is religion still important? Can we be fully modern and fully religious?
In this new edition, Davie follows up her discussion of the meaning of religion in modern society and considers how best to research and understand this relationship. Exploring the rapid movements within the sociology...
Poverty Knowledge in South Africa
A Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? How can it be measured? And how can it be reduced if not eliminated? In South Africa, human science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid and civil resistance campaigns, which makes...
Religion in Britain
A Persistent Paradox
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Religion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country’s increasing secularity alongside religion’s growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain’s society.
Describes and explains the...
Geschichte des globalen Christentums
Teil 3: 20. Jahrhundert
Language: German
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Der vorliegende Band präsentiert erstmals im deutschen Sprachraum eine umfassende, interkonfessionelle und -disziplinäre Geschichte des globalen Christentums im 20. Jahrhundert. Ausgewiesene (Kirchen-)HistorikerInnen und ReligionswissenschaftlerInnen zeichnen die Entwicklungen in diesem Jahrhundert...