The death of Christian Britain : understanding secularisation, 1800-2000 / Callum G. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Callum G., 1953-

Series:

Christianity and society in the modern world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secularism.

History.

Great Britain--Church history--19th century.

Great Britain.

Church history.

Great Britain--Church history--20th century.

Secularism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Church history--19th century.

Great Britain--Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

This searing examination challenges the generally held view that secularization in Great Britain has been a gradual process beginning with the industrial revolution, and charges that it was a catastrophic and abrupt cultural revolution starting in the 1960s. By listening to' people's voices rather than purely counting heads, it offers a fresh history of de-Christianization, and predicts that the British experience since the 1960s is emblematic of the destiny of the whole of western Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.

ISBN:

0415181496

0415241847

OCLC:

44586441