| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 218 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
European societies
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European societies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Facts and Figures: A Profile of Religion in Modern Europe -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives -- 3. Vicarious Memory 1: The Churches -- 4. Vicarious Memory 2: The Churchgoers -- 5. Precarious Memory: Religion in the Education Systems of Europe -- 6. Mediated Memory: Religion and the European Media -- 7. Alternative Memories 1: Pluralism and the Law -- 8. Alternative Memories 2: Relgious Innovations -- 9. Aesthetic or Symbolic Memory: The Cultural Sphere -- 10. Conclusion: The Memory Mutates -- References -- Index -- Last Page. |
| Summary |
This work examines religion as a form of collective memory: a memory held in place by Europe's institutional churches, but under increasing pressure due to rapid social and economic change. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- Europe.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Europe. |
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Memory.
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Memory. |
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Europe -- Religion -- 20th century.
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davie, Grace. Religion in modern Europe. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0198280653 (DLC) 00029350 (OCoLC)43708506 |
| ISBN |
9780198280651 (Cloth) |
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0198280653 (Cloth) |
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9780191584183 (electronic book) |
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0191584185 (electronic book) |
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0198280653 (Cloth) |
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0199241244 |
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9780199241248 |
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