Pippa Norris

Sacred and Secular (eBook, ePUB)

Religion and Politics Worldwide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from a broad perspective and in a wide range of countries. This confirms that religiosity persists most strongly among vulnerable populations, especially in poorer nations and in failed states. Conversely, a systematic erosion of religious practices, values and beliefs has occurred among the more prosperous strata in rich nations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139125178
• Artikelnr.: 37855702

Autorenporträt

Pippa Norris is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a visiting professor at Sydney University. Her work analyzes comparative elections and public opinion, gender politics, and political communications. Companion volumes by this author and Ronald Inglehart, also published by Cambridge University Press, include Rising Tide (2003) and Cosmopolitan Communications (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Understanding Secularization: 1. The secularization debate
2. Measuring secularization
3. Comparing secularization worldwide
Part II. Case Studies of Religion and Politics: 4. The puzzle of secularization in the United States and Western Europe
5. A religious revival in post-communist Europe?
6. Religion and politics in the Muslim world
Part III. The Consequences of Secularization: 7. Religion, the Protestant ethic, and moral values
8. Religious organizations and social capital
9. Religious parties and electoral behavior
Part IV. Conclusions: 10. Secularization and its consequences
11. Re-examining the theory of existential security
12. Re-examining evidence for the security thesis.