On Secularization: Towards A Revised General Theory

by David Martin

Presents a reassessment of the key issues: with particular regard to the special situation of religion in Western Europe, and quesions in the global context including Pentecostalism in Latin America and Africa. This book offers students and other readers of social theory and sociology of religion invaluable reappraisal of Christianity.

Genres: Religion

206 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2005

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Reviews

[Bryan Becker · Rating 3 out of 5]

The last chapter is worth it. Some of the others are not.

[Neil White · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a dense work couched in sociological language which means that its just over 200 pages do take longer to work through but David Martin's work is worth the labor. On Secularization is a collection of articles and presentations looking at secularization, Christian language, Pentecostalism, sacred space and metanarratives across the world. This is a wide reaching work full of interesting insights sometimes captured in very sharp and short statements. This is a work I will spend some time digesting as I sit with some of its statements and continue to process what they mean as a description of the world in which we live.