Research Catalog

Title

The post-war generation and establishment religion : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Wade Clark Roof, Jackson W. Carroll, David A. Roozen.

Publication

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Roof, Wade Clark.
• Carroll, Jackson W.
• Roozen, David A.

Description

xx, 291 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• For those who make up what we now call "the Baby-Boom generation," World War II is more than a backdrop to history: It signifies the beginning of a new world. Amidst dramatic changes in international political and economic systems, the advent of television, and cultural pluralism, this generation has come to take for granted new perspectives on the meaning and purpose of family, politics, education, and, most notably, religion.
• This is the first book to offer a comparative analysis of the impact this post-war generation has had on Christianity around the world. Taking a cross-cultural approach, the contributors examine ten developed countries, including England, France, Germany, Australia, and the United States, and explore the ways baby boomers have helped reshape and redefine "establishment religions" - that is, the dominant, primarily Christian institutions.
• Looking at the Church of England, the Catholic Church in France, the Lutheran Church in Sweden, and other institutions, the authors of the study find similarities with the ways baby boomers have affected religion in various countries. Yet the peculiar and historical context of each nation has fostered some striking differences as well.
• The researchers' conclusions are broad and far-reaching, shedding light on the fate of religion both in countries now modernizing and in those countries moving through the modern to the postmodern. Sociologists, historians, and scholars of religion will profit from the insights put forth here on religion in a postmodern context.

Subjects

• Christianity > Europe > 20th century
• Baby boom generation > Religious life > Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-290).

Contents

• 1. The Post-War Generation and Establishment Religion in England / Eileen Barker -- 2. Baby Boomers Downunder: The Case of Australia / Gary D. Bouma and Michael Mason -- 3. Fifty Years of Religious Change in the United States / David A. Roozen, Jackson W. Carroll and Wade Clark Roof -- 4. Tradition and Change in the Nordic Countries / Susan Sundback -- 5. The Post-War Generations and Institutional Religion in Germany / Karl Gabriel -- 6. The Case of the Netherlands / Leo Laeyendecker -- 7. The Case of French Catholicism / Daniele Hervieu-Leger -- 8. The Surviving Dominant Catholic Church in Belgium: A Consequence of Its Popular Religious Practices? / Karel Dobbelaere -- 9. From Institutional Catholicism to "Christian Inspiration": Another Look at Belgium / Liliane Voye -- 10. Religion and the Post-War Generation in Italy / Salvatore Abbruzzese -- 11. The Orthodox Church and the Post-War Religious Situation in Greece / Vasilios N. Makrides.
• 12. Conclusion: The Post-War Generation - Carriers of a New Spirituality / Wade Clark Roof, Jackson W. Carroll and David Roozen.

ISBN

0813389143

LCCN

94024178

OCLC

• 31374034
• ocm31374034

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries