The Necessity of Atheism: Making Sense of Secularisation

Atheists and atheism have a negligible place in the historiography of secularisation. This is because, it is argued here, secularisation is something that is too often measured from religion and, in one influential narrative, has a strongly Christian character to its progress and its outcome. Taking...

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Published in:Journal of religious history
Main Author: Brown, Callum G. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal of religious history
Year: 2017, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 439-456
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Atheism / Secularization
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
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