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Showing papers by "Bryan S. Turner published in 1973"


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TL;DR: The authors examined two contemporary British communes and found that the main cultural carrier of popular religion is drawn from the unem ployed, middle class youth, who attempted to close the gap between the objective social structure and the subjective need for meaning.
Abstract: A number of political commentators in the nineteenth century ptedicted the complete secularization of Btitain. It is paradoxical that the very institutional decline of traditional Christianity created new quests for religious significance out side the established frameworks of belief, symbol and practice. In particular, popular religion (including hippies, commune and youth movements) attempted to close the gap between the objective social structure and the subjective need for meaning. Two dominant features of popular religion are first ly the diversity and complexity of its sources and themes ; secondly, its main cultural carrier as drawn from the unem ployed, middle class youth. These two aspects of popular religion are illustrated by an examination of two contemporary British communes.

2 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Mar 1973-Religion

1 citations