God is Dead Secularization in the West [Paperback]

Drawing on an international range of examples, Steve Bruce offers a comprehensive and up-to-date defence of the secularisation debate.Figures.

Tables.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. The Secularization Paradigm.

2. The Golden Age of Faith.

3. God is Dead: Christianity in Britain.

4. The Failure of the New Age.

5. Science and Secularization.

6. The Easternization of the West.

7. Regression to the Mean.

8. Subsistence Religion.

9. The Charismatic Movement and Secularization.

10. Discovering Religion: Mistakes of Method.

11. Religion in the United States.

12. Postmodernism and the Religious Revival.

Notes.

References.

Index.

'Steve Bruce's book has all the hallmarks of his work: clarity, verve, graphic illustration and common sense. The argument is Bruce's cumulative statement of the secularization theme, bringing the various elements together in an impressive synthesis, as well as building in counter-arguments, such as those to do with the role of religion in ethnic solidarity. Within its own terms and specific context – western liberal democracies, and especially Europe – it is difficult to refute.'
--David Martin, London School of Economics

Bruce's book is a compelling, vigorous and scrupulously fair defense of what the secularization paradigm means and does not mean. Highly recommended. (Library Journal)

The sooner churches face up to Bruce's thesis, the better. (Ministry Today)

Readable, debatable, and full of important insights on everything from the failure of New Age relil“p