How the West Really Lost God A New Theory of Secularization

Name: How the West Really Lost God A New Theory of Secularization
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ISBN: 9781599474663

ISBN-10: 1599474662

ISBN-13: 9781599474663

Edition: 2014

Authors: Mary Eberstadt

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In this magisterial work, leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world. The conventional wisdom is that the West first experienced religious decline, followed by the decline of the family. Eberstadt turns this standard account on its head. Marshalling an impressive array of research, from fascinating historical data on family decline in pre-Revolutionary France to contemporary popular culture both in the United States and Europe, Eberstadt shows that the reverse has also been true: the undermining of the family has further undermined Christianity itself. Drawing on sociology, history, demography, theology,…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Templeton Press
Publication date: 6/9/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Editor Mary Eberstadt is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Contributing Editor to Policy Review, and author of Home-Alone America: The Hidden Toll of Day Care, Behavioral Drugs, and Other Parent Substitutes. She is former managing editor of the Public Interest and former executive editor of the National Interest.