The secularisation decade: What the 1960s have done to the study of religious history

The Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 29-46

  Brown, Callum G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511496783.003     Document Type: Chapter

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