Periodizing secularization religious allegiance and attendance in Britain, 1880-1945 Field, Clive D. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2019 monographic eng remote 1 online resource Moving beyond the (now somewhat tired) debates about secularization as paradigm, theory, or master narrative, Periodizing Secularization focuses upon the empirical evidence for secularization, viewed in its descriptive sense as the waning social influence of religion, in Britain. Particular emphasis is attached to the two key performance indicators of religious allegiance and churchgoing, each subsuming several sub-indicators, between 1880 and 1945, including the first substantive account of secularization during the fin de siecle. A wide range of primary sources is deployed, many of them relatively or entirely unknown, and with due regard to their methodological and interpretative challenges. On the back of them, a cross-cutting statistical measure of 'active church adherence' is devised, which clearly shows how secularization has been a reality and a gradual, not revolutionary, process. The most likely causes of secularization were an incremental demise of a Sabbatarian culture (coupled with the associated emergence of new leisure opportunities and transport links) and of religious socialization (in the church, at home, and in the school). The analysis is also extended backwards, to include a summary of developments during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; and laterally, to incorporate a preliminary evaluation of a six-dimensional model of 'diffusive religion', demonstrating that these alternative performance indicators have hitherto failed to prove that secularization has not occurred. The book is designed as a prequel to the author's previous volumes on the chronology of British secularization - Britain's Last Religious Revival? (2015) and Secularization in the Long 1960s (2017). Together, they offer a holistic picture of religious transformation in Britain during the key secularizing century of 1880-1980. 1: Introduction -- Historiography and Sources -- 2: Before 1880 -- The Long Prelude -- 3: 1880-1901 -- The fin de siècle: Part 1 Allegiance -- 4: 1880-1901 -- The fin de siècle: Part 2 Churchgoing -- 5: 1901-14 -- 'The Faith Society'? -- 6: 1914-18 -- Keeping the Spiritual Home Fires Burning -- 7: 1918-39 -- The Depression Years -- 8: 1939-45 -- Puzzled People? -- 9: Conclusion -- Periodizing Secularization -- Select Bibliography -- Index. Clive D. Field. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- Secularization Great Britain History 19th century Secularization Great Britain History 20th century Secularization (Theology) History 19th century Secularization (Theology) History 20th century Religion and state Great Britain History 19th century Religion and state Great Britain History 20th century Sécularisation Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Sécularisation Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle Sécularisation (Théologie) Histoire 19e siècle Sécularisation (Théologie) Histoire 20e siècle Religion et État Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle Religion et État Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle RELIGION Sociology SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology of Religion Religion and state Secularization Secularization (Theology) Great Britain 1800-1999 fast BL2747.8 .F54 2019 211.094109034 (OCoLC)1108331509 0191883166 9780191883163 9780192588579 0192588575 9780198848806 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/32255 YDX 190728 20260319181119.2 in00005717449 eng