Why Baby Boomers Turned From Religion: Shaping Belief And Belonging, 1945-2021
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Author Description
Mocked, Vilified, Blamed, And Significantly Misunderstood - The 'baby Boomers' Are Members Of The Generation Of Post-wwii Babies Who Came Of Age In The 1960s. Parents Of The 1940s And 1950s Raised Their Boomer Children To Be Respectable Church-attendees, And Yet In Some Ways Demonstrated An Ambivalence That Permitted Their Children To Spurn Religion And Eventually To Raise Their Own Children To Be The Least Religious Generation Ever. The Baby Boomers Studied Here, Living In The Uk And Canada, Were The Last Generation To Have Been Routinely Baptised And Taken Regularly To Mainstream, Anglican Churches. This Study, Based On In-depth Interviews And Compared To Other Studies And Data, Offers A Sociological Account Of The Sudden Transition From Religious Parents To Non-religious Children And Grandchildren, Focusing Exclusively On This Generation Of Ex-anglican Boomers. Abby Day. This Edition Also Issued In Print: 2022. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates the sociological factors that led the Baby Boomer generation in the UK and Canada to transition away from the religious traditions of their parents. Author Abby Day, a professor of sociology of religion, utilizes a framework of generational change and cultural transmission to analyze how parental ambivalence and shifting societal norms contributed to the decline of mainstream church attendance. By examining the specific experiences of ex-Anglican Boomers, the study provides a detailed account of how religious identity was discarded between 1945 and 2021.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Longitudinal analysis of religious affiliation trends from 1945 to 2021
- Sociological examination of the transition from religious parents to non-religious descendants
- Comparative data between UK and Canadian demographic cohorts
Scope Limits
- The study focuses exclusively on ex-Anglican Boomers and does not cover other denominations or non-Western religious contexts
- The research does not provide a theological critique of religious decline, maintaining a strictly sociological perspective
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts in the sociology of religion identify this work as a significant contribution to understanding generational shifts in secularization. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous reliance on qualitative interview data to support the author's conclusions.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191957593
ISBN-13:
9780191957598
History
Religion
Baby Boomers
Sociology
Anglicanism
Society
