The Liquidation of the Church

by Kees de Groot

Is religion dying out in Western societies? Is personal spirituality taking its place? Both stories are inadequate. Institutional religion is not simply coming to an end in Western societies. Rather, its assets and properties are redistributed: large parts of the church have gone into liquidation. Religion is crossing the boundaries of the parish and appears in other social contexts. In the fields of leisure, health care and contemporary culture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036742522X
• ISBN13: 9780367425227
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"