TY - BOOK ID - 137926495 TI - Post-Materialist Religion PY - 2014 SN - 9781472509925 9781472514776 9781472511850 1472514777 1472511859 1472509927 1474276229 1472594592 PB - London Bloomsbury Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Secularism KW - Neopaganism KW - Nature KW - Religious aspects KW - Europe KW - Religion KW - the decline and change of religion KW - moral intuition and universals in human values KW - vernacular religion KW - post-materialist religion KW - contemporary Paganism KW - pragmatism and the study of religions KW - religious identity and values KW - the European Social Survey KW - modes of interpersonal relations KW - individualism KW - collectivism KW - tolerance KW - personal growth KW - religious change KW - security KW - tradition KW - conformity KW - bigotry KW - self-expression KW - selfish egoism KW - universalistic individualism KW - post-materialist values KW - Religious aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137926495 AB - "Post-Materialist Religion discusses the transformations of the individual's worldview in contemporary modern societies, and the role general societal value change plays in these. In doing so, Mika Lassander brings into conversation sociological theories of secularisation and social-psychological theories of interpersonal relations, the development of morality, and the nature of basic human values. The long-term decline of traditional religiosity in Europe and the emerging ethos that can be described as post-secular have brought religion and values back into popular discussion. One important theme in these discussions is about the links between religion and values, with the most common assumption being that religions are the source of individuals' values. This book argues for the opposite view, suggesting that religions, or people's worldviews in general, reflect the individual's priorities. Mika Lassander argues that the transformation of the individual's worldview is a direct consequence of the social and economical changes in European societies since the Second World War. He suggests that the decline of traditional religiosity is not an indication of linear secularisation or of forgetting traditions, but an indication of the loss of relevance of some aspects of the traditional institutional religions. Furthermore, he argues that this is not an indication of the loss of ethical value base, but, rather, a change in the value base and consequently the transformation of the legitimating framework of this value base."--Bloomsbury Publishing. ER -