Secularisation in Western Europe, 1848-1914 / Hugh McLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLeod, Hugh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism--Europe, Western--History--19th century.

Secularism.

Religion.

History.

Europe, Western--Religion--19th century.

Europe, Western.

Secularism--Europe, Western--History--20th century.

Europe, Western--Religion--20th century.

Western Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 387 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This detailed study deals with causes and consequences of secularization: political, social and cultural. Beginning with politics, Hugh McLeod asseses the French Third Republic, the classic example of the systematic secularization of public institutions. But even in France the secular state was opposed by a powerful Catholic counter-culture, and in Germany and England ties between church and state remained much closer. He examines the part played by different social groups and considers how the religious attitudes of workers differed from those of the middle class. How women differed from men, and Catholics from Protestant or Jews. Changes in individual belief and practice are also examined.

Contents:

1 England x

2 France, 1870 xi

3 The German Empire, 1871 xii

1 1848 31

2 Institutions 52

3 The Pace-Setters 86

4 Belief 147

5 Going to Church 171

6 Identity 216

7 Religion and Popular Culture 248

8 1914 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-371) and index.

ISBN:

0312235100

0312235119

OCLC:

43791239