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- catalog abstract ""Secularization is a subject of daunting size and is filled with ambiguity. Through the use of insights gained from anthropology and sociology, and by studying an earlier period than is usually considered, this provocative work overcomes the usual obstacles to exploring and explaining why various aspects of life--art, language, work, play, technology, and power--became divorced from religious values in early modern England." "Sommerville helps modern readers understand what life was like in an age in which society was suffused with religion and was as basic to thought as the structure of language. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of secularization, he shows that a transformation of England's cultural grammar preceded the loosening of belief, and that this was largely accomplished between 1500 and 1700, much earlier than commonly believed. Sommerville asserts that only when definitions of space and time changed, and language and technology were transformed (as well as art and play) could a secular world view be sustained." "Demonstrating that the process was more political and theological than economic or social, Sommerville shows that as aspects of daily life became divorced from religious values and controls, religious culture was supplanted by religious faith--a reasoned, rather than an unquestioned, belief in the supernatural." "The first large-scale treatment of the history of secularization, The Secularization of Early Modern England will greatly interest students of history, religion, sociology, anthropology, and literature."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b3394736.
- catalog coverage "England Religion.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""Secularization is a subject of daunting size and is filled with ambiguity. Through the use of insights gained from anthropology and sociology, and by studying an earlier period than is usually considered, this provocative work overcomes the usual obstacles to exploring and explaining why various aspects of life--art, language, work, play, technology, and power--became divorced from religious values in early modern England." "Sommerville helps modern readers understand what life was like in an age in which society was suffused with religion and was as basic to thought as the structure of language. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of secularization, he shows that a transformation of England's cultural grammar preceded the loosening of belief, and that this was largely accomplished between 1500 and 1700, much earlier than commonly believed. Sommerville asserts that only when definitions of space and time changed, and language and technology were transformed (as well as art and play) could a secular world view be sustained." "Demonstrating that the process was more political and theological than economic or social, Sommerville shows that as aspects of daily life became divorced from religious values and controls, religious culture was supplanted by religious faith--a reasoned, rather than an unquestioned, belief in the supernatural." "The first large-scale treatment of the history of secularization, The Secularization of Early Modern England will greatly interest students of history, religion, sociology, anthropology, and literature."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-220) and index.".
- catalog description "The Study of Secularization -- The Secularization of Space -- The Secularization of Time and Play -- The Secularization of Language -- The Politics of Secularization (1529-1603) -- The Secularization of Technology and Work -- The Secularization of Art -- The Politics of Reaction (1603-1659) -- The Secularization of Power -- The Secularization of Personhood and Association -- The Secularization of Scholarship and Science -- Religious Responses to Secularization -- Antecedents, Causes, and Conclusions.".
- catalog extent "227 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195074270".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Religion.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "261 20".
- catalog subject "BL2765.G7 S66 1992".
- catalog subject "Secularism England History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Study of Secularization -- The Secularization of Space -- The Secularization of Time and Play -- The Secularization of Language -- The Politics of Secularization (1529-1603) -- The Secularization of Technology and Work -- The Secularization of Art -- The Politics of Reaction (1603-1659) -- The Secularization of Power -- The Secularization of Personhood and Association -- The Secularization of Scholarship and Science -- Religious Responses to Secularization -- Antecedents, Causes, and Conclusions.".
- catalog title "The secularization of early modern England : from religious culture to religious faith / C. John Sommerville.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".