“The Times They Are A-Changing”: Modern and Non-Modern Dynamics in the Emergence of a Secular Italy

Many sociologists and historians have foreseen the secularization of Europe and have pointed to the close relation between this religious trend and ongoing modernization. Among them, Hugh McLeod stands out as a prominent author who has refined that thesis, talking of the ‘end of Christendom.’ By thi...

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1. VerfasserIn: Maccarini, Andrea M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2012
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Jahr: 2012, Band: 5, Heft: 4, Seiten: 429-451
weitere Schlagwörter:B Secularization Hugh McLeod Italy religion secularism
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Zusammenfassung:Many sociologists and historians have foreseen the secularization of Europe and have pointed to the close relation between this religious trend and ongoing modernization. Among them, Hugh McLeod stands out as a prominent author who has refined that thesis, talking of the ‘end of Christendom.’ By this term he means the end of a society that defines itself as Christian, in the aftermath of the religious crisis of the 1960s.
ISSN:1874-8929
Enthält:In: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00504002