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The Cultural Paradigm: Declines in Belonging and Then Believing

Gill, Robin (2007) The Cultural Paradigm: Declines in Belonging and Then Believing. In: Pollack, Detlef and Olson, Daniel V.A., eds. The Role of Religion in Modern Societies. Routledge Advances in Sociology . Routledge, New York, pp. 177-189. ISBN 978-0-415-39704-9. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:22185)

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Abstract

The chapter outlines three existing paradigms about the relationship of religion to modern societies: the secularisation paradigm, the persistence paradigm, and the separation paradigm. It then introduces and defends a new paradigm, namely the cultural paradigm. According to this paradigm religious belief is a product of religious socialisation and belonging.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Robin Gill
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2009 15:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:00 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22185 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Gill, Robin.

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