Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion.(Review)

Social Forces;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......quite some time, the Goliath of the secularization thesis dominated the sociology of religion...belief in religion. Rejecting the secularization thesis, the new paradigm presents a more...slain the Goliath that was the secularization thesis. In part 1 of their volume, Stark...

The Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary British Fiction.(Book Review)

Extrapolation;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Horstkotte. The Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary British Fiction. Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher...postmodernism and the fantastic in contemporary British fiction and represents, at its best...Rushdie) to such an extent that contemporary British non-mimetic fiction remained, ...

God is Dead: Secularization in the West.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

Theological Studies;  December 1, 2003 ;     352 words ......imbibed the received wisdom of a secularization thesis in sociology. From Max Weber to...religion have tended to bracket the secularization thesis. B. returns with a strong defense...views fragment. Nothing in the secularization thesis rules out occasional signs of revival...

LETTER FROM CAMBRIDGE; In which a local bookseller is tapped to deliberate...

The Washington Post;  September 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ......they would have; otherwise they devised a program--The Contemporary British Writer--whose range, balance and ongoing repercussions...at Cambridge. We set about taking the measure of the Contemporary British Writer in all its dimensions and fluidity. Downing is...

The British invasion: a broad range of "gentler" contemporary British art...

Art Business News;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......looking at a much broader range of contemporary British art--in both originals and limited...is a great deal of interest [in contemporary British art] in America now. A young scene...Triennial survey exhibition of the contemporary British art scene. Its primary focus is...

Religion and identity: the Canadian, American, and Brazilian cases.

International Journal of Comparative Sociology;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......what has come to be known as 'the secularization thesis' have maintained that science...have radically challenged the secularization thesis. They maintain that, over time...What disturbs us about both the secularization thesis and the secularization-innovation...

Diplomatic victory in France for British contemporary art

Belfast Telegraph;  October 17, 2007 ;     604 words ......part of a semi-permanent display of contemporary British art that will be shown off to leading...the spikiest and most admired of contemporary British artists. All 12 pieces in the display...works are at the cutting edge of the contemporary British art scene, which is much admired...

What is London's most popular location?

Evening Standard - London;  November 13, 2006 ;     51 words ...THESE days, no contemporary British film made in the capital is complete without a shot of the London Eye. The world's largest observation wheel has appeared in dozens...

Art collector Saatchi gives the Turner Prize a run for its money He can...

The Independent on Sunday;  January 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......advertising mogul and doyen of the contemporary British art scene, is to launch his own...status as the primary custodian of contemporary British art. Unlike Mr Saatchi, who has...are about celebrating the whole of contemporary British art." While he declined to comment...

Farrago of multiple choice

The Spectator;  March 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......These is only the second Tate Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary British Art, so the reader may be forgiven for not being altogether...of thoughtfulness, humour, subtlety and complexity in contemporary British art'. Oh, that it did. The artists seem to have been...

Alan Hunt painting tops wildlife art

The Scotsman;  October 14, 1998 ;     195 words ......painting of a leopard on the plains of Africa by the contemporary British artist Alan Hunt is the undoubted highlight of a sale...paintings depicting these beautiful creatures by the contemporary British artist Tony Karpinski will be on offer. They are Tigers...

What happened the day the builders pulled the plug on Saatchi's frozen...

The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 3, 2002 ;     421 words ...Byline: LUKE LEITCH ONE OF contemporary British art's most significant works has been unwittingly...part of Charles Saatchi's peerless collection of contemporary British art, which also includes works by Damien Hirst and...

Our lost decade before the dawn of disillusion

Yorkshire Post;  November 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......and journalist Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London and director of the Mile End Institute of Contemporary British Government, Intelligence and Society. He is the author...

Lowry art on display.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 27, 2005 ;     48 words ...A COLLECTION of 20th century and contemporary British art will be on display at the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, in Little Elborow Street from Monday until August 29. The collection...

Interview: Jonathan Jones discusses the destruction of more than 100 works...

NPR All Things Considered;  May 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......destruction of more than 100 works of contemporary British art in a warehouse fire Host: MELISSA...destroyed more than 100 works by contemporary British artists, among them Tracy Emin and...destruction of more than 100 works of contemporary British art in a warehouse fire. This is...