The Social Process of Secularization

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 249-263

  Bruce, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathedrals; Religious innovations; Secularization; Social process; Societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956838848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998571.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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