Religion in Britain : A Persistent Paradox.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Part I Preliminaries -- Chapter I Introduction: A Framework for Discussion -- Religion in Modern Britain: The Factors to Take into Account -- Religion in Britain: A Revised Road Map -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Contexts and Generations -- Britain in a Global Context -- Economic, Political and Social Transformations -- Generational Changes Since 1945 -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Facts and Figures -- Introduction -- Religion in the Census: 2001 and 2011 -- The Religious Constituencies of Modern Britain -- Media Portrayals of Religion -- Notes -- Part II Religious Legacies -- Chapter 4 Cultural Heritage, Believing without Belonging and Vicarious Religion -- The Evidence for Religious Belief -- Believing without Belonging -- Vicarious Religion: Principles and Practice -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Territory, Politics and Institutions -- The English Case -- Stepping Westward -- The Importance of Locality -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Presence: Who Can Do What For Whom? -- Chaplaincy -- Religion and Education -- Religious Leadership -- Notes -- Part III Shifting Priorities: From Obligation to Consumption -- Chapter 7 An Emerging Market: Gainers and Losers -- Cathedrals and their 'Customers' -- Conservative Enclaves -- An Ever-Changing Kaleidoscope -- Who is Right and Who is Wrong? -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Proliferations of the Spiritual -- New Religious Movements -- The New Age or Self-Spiritualities -- What is Spirituality? -- Religious and Spiritual Markets: Some Examples -- Notes -- Part IV Public Religion and Secular Reactions -- Chapter 9 Managing Diversity -- The Satanic Verses and its Aftermath -- Researching Discrimination -- Is Multiculturalism Possible? -- Secular, Secularization, Secularity and Secularism -- Being Secular in Modern Britain -- New Atheism -- Gathering the Threads.

Notes -- Chapter 10 Religion in Public Life -- Religion and the Law -- Religion and Politics -- Religion and Welfare -- Religion and Health Care -- In Conclusion -- Notes -- Part V Thinking Theoretically -- Chapter 11 Religion and Modernity Continued -- Thinking in the Round -- Reacting to Unexpected Events -- Responding to New Questions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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