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The Religious Crisis of the 1960s

By Hugh McLeod

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0199298254, 9780199298259, 9780191538292
LCC
BR481 .M297 2007
Open Library ID
OL10146601M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1407748 bytes)
Pages
300\301
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In the Christian churches, it was a time of innovation, from the "new theology" and "new morality" of Bishop Robinson to the evangelicalism of the Charismatic Movement, and of charismatic leaders such as Pope John XXIII and Martin Luther King. But it was also a time of rapid social and cultural change when Christianity faced challenges from Eastern religions, from Marxism and feminism, and above all from new "affluent" lifestyles. Hugh McLeod tells in detail, using oral history, how these movements and conflicts were experienced in England, but because the Sixties were an international phenomenon, he looks at other countries as well, especially the U.S. and France. McLeod explains what happened to religion in the 1960s, why it happened, and how the events of that decade shaped the rest of the 20th century.

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