The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain From 1945 - Volume I: Traditions

Gerald Parsons (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0415083265 / ISBN 13: 9780415083263

Published by Routledge in Association with The Open University, London, 1993

About this Item

Volume I of a 2-volume set (other volume available). Analysis of the history and development of the major religious groups present in Britain since 1945. 352pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs to the chapter heads. Minor surface marking to cover, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain From 1945 - Volume I: Traditions
• Publisher: Routledge in Association with The Open University, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415083265
• ISBN 13: 9780415083263
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion, Belief, Philosophy, Theology & Mythology

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Synopsis

This two-volume set considers the role and significance of religion in post-war Britian, focusing, in particular, upon the closely inter-related themes of the decline of a specifically `Christian Society' and the emergence of a culturally and religiously plural society. Three core questions are examined in depth: to what extent and in what ways has religion remained a significant factor in British culture and society in the period since 1945? , what role does religion play in interpreting and understanding the development of a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society in post-war Britain? , and to what extent has Britain remained (or ceased to be) a `religious society' during this period.
Volume 1: Traditions analyses the history and development of the major religious groups present in Britain in the period since 1945. The major religious traditions examined include the traditional Christian churches, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Afro-Caribbean religious groups, New Religious Movements, and the `implicit' religion of the `silent majority' who remain detached from organised religion but are by no means simply secular.
Volume 2: Controversies explores some of the challenges, tensions and controversies presented by the emergence of an increasingly religiously plural society in Britain since 1945. In particular, it focuses on the impact of religious pluralism on both the Christian churches and other religious traditions, the relationship between communal and national `identities' and religion, women and religion, and the relationship between religion and changing attitudes to personal - and especially sexual - morality.

About the Author

Gerald Parsons